Rabbi Rafi Goodwin in one of his Youtube videos and Essex Poolice officers at the Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue the morning after the incident. Photos: Youtube/Essex Police
Two men have been charged in connection with an assault on a rabbi just meters from his Synagogue in Chigwell.
Rabbi Rafi Goodwin was attacked in Limes Avenue shortly after 1.15pm on Sunday, May 16.
The 31-year-old was treated in hospital for head wounds.
Abderrahman Brahimi, 25, and Souraka Djabouri, 18, both of Tudor Crescent, Ilford, are due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court today.
They are each charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, robbery, and religiously aggravated criminal damage.
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