A young Muslim woman who started a drunken brawl at a bowling alley has been allowed to wear an electronic “sobriety” tag after she claimed it would hinder her preparation for Friday prayers.
Husina Hussain, 20, faced having to wear the device on her ankle by court order after she tackled manager Ami Singleton on the spot and launched into racial abuse before lashing out and attacking police, calling them: ‘F* ***** g whites.’
But his lawyer, Seraj Khan, pleaded with judges not to impose an alcohol abstinence order, saying Hussain had stopped drinking and that etiquette would prevent him from completing wudhu, the ritual washing Muslims perform before prayer.
According to Islam, Muslims must be clean and wear good clothes before appearing before God.
Khan told the court: ‘Her faith had been strengthened since the incident. The prospect of wearing an alcohol control tag worries him, as he now prays regularly and must wash thoroughly as part of this. He feels that he could not clean up completely unless he could remove this label.
Victim Ami Singleton (pictured) was the assistant manager at the Hollywood bowling alley in Ashton-under-Lyne when she was violently attacked by a drunken Husina Hussain.
Hussain went on a drunken assault, punching Ms Singleton before hurling racist slurs at the police officers trying to arrest her, calling them: ‘white f******g’. Hussain, 20, pictured outside Tameside Magistrates Court in Greater Manchester
The attack took place at the Hollywood Bowling Alley (pictured) in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester on September 18, 2022.
At Tameside Magistrates Court, Hussain, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, admitted to assault and battery, assault and battery on an emergency worker and racially aggravated harassment.
After receiving a nine-month community order, he was required to complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity as part of it, and no alcohol control program was imposed.
The magistrates said the days of rehabilitation, which will include a series of face-to-face counseling sessions, would be sufficient to address Hussain’s alcohol problems.
She was also fined £200 and made to pay costs of £85, as well as the victim’s surcharge of £114. She was ordered to pay £100 in damages to Ami Singleton, who is an assistant manager at the Hollywood bowling alley in Ashton-under-Lyne, and an additional £100 to a PC Hutchenson who was assaulted during the incident.
Prosecutor James Hudson told the court that the chaos took place at 6:45pm on September 18, 2022 after assistant manager Ms Singleton overheard an ‘intoxicated’ woman using ‘profanity in a loud voice’. high’ in the bowling alley.
“She told the defendant to stop using the profanity because the bowling alley is a family place,” Hudson told the court. ‘But the defendant refused to calm down and hit the complainant on the side of the face.
A fight then ensued between the two. The defendant then took the complainant to the ground. The couple had to be divided by other people in the bowling alley.
The defendant then ran up to the complainant and slapped her across the face. She also grabbed her hair and pulled on it for a few seconds.
A drunken Hussain knocked Ms Singleton (pictured) to the ground and continued to slap her
Hussain received a nine-month community order, but was only required to complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity as part of it (Hussain pictured outside court)
Hussain continued to be aggressive when police arrived, refusing to calm down and trying to punch and kick PC Hutchenson “multiple times”, the prosecutor added.
“While being arrested, the defendant yelled, ‘Fuck you white guys, go to hell.’ She also told Singleton, “You stupid nig***rm******rf*****r,” Hudson said.
In her personal victim statement, Ms Singleton said: ‘This has made me feel sad and angry. I have worked here all my life and this is the first time this has happened. I have never felt like this.
Hussain has no prior convictions. In mitigation, his lawyer, Mr. Seraj Khan, said that his client had gone cold turkey and had stopped drinking since the attack.
He added: ‘There have also been no further incidents with the police. She has tried to change her life and all this has been done without support. She has undiagnosed PTSD, which was the reason she was drinking in the first place. This stems from the trauma she received as a child.
Passing sentence, JP Ronald Marshall told Hussain: ‘Rehab days will address the root of the main problem, alcohol. This was an isolated incident and you are of good character. This matter has been going on for some time: put it behind you and move on.
Since March 2021, courts in England have been able to impose alcohol control and abstinence requirements (AAMR) if binge drinking was a factor in an offender’s offence, AAMRs prohibit them from drinking alcohol for up to 120 days and offenders must also wear an alcohol monitor. tag as part of your community prayer.
The tag takes a sweat sample from the wearer every 30 minutes and provides a continuous record of whether the offender has been drinking. If the tag detects alcohol or is tampered with, an alert is sent to the Probation Service, which can take the offender back to court for non-compliance.
