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# Man charged with arson after Pride flag was burnt in Brighton
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/man-charged-with-arson-after-pride-flag-was-burnt-in-brighton/
- Published: 2020-08-05T10:09:09.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-05T10:09:09.000Z
- Description: A man has been arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on Sunday, August 2.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Community, In The South, Information, News, crime, Hate Crime, LGBT, LGBTQ, Sussex Police

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A man has been arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on **Sunday, August 2**.

**Moulay Abdelhakim Ismaili**, 36, of **Beaconsfield Road**, Brighton, was detained on suspicion of committing a homophobic hate-related crime after a Pride flag was taken from a garden in Beaconsfield Road and burned at about 9.55pm.

Ismaili was remanded in custody to appear at **Brighton Magistrates’ Court** on **Tuesday, August 4.**

*Gscene* will report on developments as soon as they come through.

If you have been a victim of or have witnessed a hate crime, Sussex Police urge you to either [report online](https://www.sussex.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/us/contact-us/provide-more-information-to-be-added-to-a-crime-report/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), call **101**, or **999** if it is an emergency.

This year’s **Brighton & Hove Pride** was scheduled for last weekend but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. An alternative stay-at-home event, ***We Are FABULOSO!***, was organised which raised over £13,000 for the **Brighton Rainbow Fund**.