Anonymous ID: 58cf90 Oct. 15, 2026, 1:04 p.m. No.25144657   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>25144645

76 years old and stood his ground in court like a boss.

 

A 76-year-old man turned up in court wearing a burka to defend himself from hiding his face at a far-right protest.

 

Timothy Miller also carried a black handbag into the dock to deny a charge of wearing the Islamic religious garment to conceal his identity during a protest on September 12.

 

Miller, of Sherwood Avenue, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, attended Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court following his arrest in relation to the anti-migrant demonstration in Portsmouth on September 12.

 

After entering the dock, District Judge Stephen Apted asked the defendant: ‘Can you remove your face covering so we can identify you please?’

 

Miller then lifted the veil of the burka while holding a black handbag as he confirmed his name, date of birth and address.

 

Miller was then asked what his legal defence to the charge was, he replied: ‘The issue quite simply is we should be all living under one law of which I think everybody is under agreement.’

 

He said that he had an ‘exemption’ for ‘Islamic’ religious observance and added ‘which I am entitled to, therefore it was an exemption for which I told the police’.

 

When asked to clarify that the religion was ‘Islam’, Miller responded: ‘I do not feel I should answer this question because nobody is asked this question when they come into the country.’

 

https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/14/man-wears-burka-court-deny-hiding-face-anti-migrant-protest-29709766/