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# UPDATE: Man who ‘burnt Pride Flag over Pride Weekend’ pleads Not Guilty
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/update-man-who-burnt-pride-flag-over-pride-weekend-pleads-not-guilty/
- Published: 2020-08-06T12:13:53.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-06T11:01:29.000Z
- Description: A man who was arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on Sunday, August 2 has pleaded Not Guilty to a charge of arson at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, August 4 and will now be remanded in custody to appear at Lewes Crown Court on T
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: In The South, News, Brighton & Hove Pride, crime, Hate Crime, Pride, Sussex Police

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A man who was arrested and charged with hate crime related arson after a Pride flag was set on fire in Brighton, on **Sunday, August 2** pleaded Not Guilty to a charge of arson at **Brighton Magistrates’ Court** on **Tuesday, August 4** and will now be remanded in custody to appear at **Lewes Crown Court** on **Tuesday, September 1**.

**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.

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**.