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Thu Feb 19, 2015, 03:00 AM Feb 2015

Teacher fined after posting ‘you were right’ picture of Hitler on Facebook

A teacher who posted a picture of Hitler on Facebook alongside the caption “you were right” has been fined, after he was reported to police by a Jewish student.

Mahmud Choudhury, from Tower Hamlets, pleaded guilty to the racially aggravated offence. He was fined £465 at Bromley Magistrates Court on Tuesday, but was told he would still be allowed to teach.

The 35-year-old was prosecuted after he shared a photograph of Hitler on Twitter last July, accompanied with the words: “Yes man, you were right. I could have killed all the Jews, but I left some of them to let you know why I was killing them.”

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Mr Choudhury’s lawyer, Subhankar Banerjee, told the court that his client took full responsibility for his actions, and “was absolutely adamant he holds no antisemitic or other extremist views”.

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Teacher fined after posting ‘you were right’ picture of Hitler on Facebook (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 OP
There are nor words for this kind of behavior. William769 Feb 2015 #1
I have a few choice ones... Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 #2
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