Five men sentenced after funeral at Walsall mosque descended into violence
Five men who took part in 'family related' violence outside a Walsall mosque have been sentenced for their parts in it.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard the five - all from Walsall - came across a group of cousins who were attending a funeral at the mosque, on March 30, 2023.
The court heard there was already 'bad blood' between the two groups and it quickly resulted in violence, with one of the five being punched by one of the people attending the funeral and a baseball bat being wielded in retaliation.
Sentencing the men for offences including threatening behaviour and affray, as well as one of possession of class B drugs with intent to supply, Judge Jonathan Gosling said it was fortunate the baseball bat was only used on the legs of one of the victims and no serious injury was caused.
But he said the violence must have been 'distressing' for passers by and those attending the funeral.
Mohammed Nadeem, aged 46 , of Holtshill Lane, Walsall was given two months after admitting threatening words and behaviour and ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge.
Mohammed Abubakar, aged 41, also of Holtshill Lane, was given two months imprisonment suspended for 12 months after admitting threatening words and behaviour and ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge,
Mohammed Bilal, aged 43, also of Holtshill Lane, was given a two month sentence suspended for 12 months after admitting threatening words and behaviour and ordered to pay a £154 victim surcharge.
Omar Ghalib, aged 37, of Aldridge Road, Walsall was given a three months sentence suspended for 12 months after admitting threatening words and behaviour and ordered to pay a victim surcharge.
For possession of class B drugs with intent to supply he was given a nine months prison sentence suspended for 12 months to run consecutively alongside the first charge.
He was also fined £100 for a breach of bail conditions.
Mohammed Tahraf, 50, of Tame Close, Walsall was given a five month prison sentence after admitting affray and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £154.