Malachi Thorpe, 18, is alleged to have targeted two Orthodox Jewish men – Israel Grossman and Erwin Ginsberg – as they closed up the shop they work at in Cadoxton Avenue, Haringey, on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.

He is accused of stamping on a yarmulke – a skullcap worn by Jews – and using the bottle as a weapon against one of the men.

Police were called out at about 9.50pm after receiving reports that the two men, who were described in court as both visibly Orthodox Jewish, had been attacked.

The pair were taken to a north London hospital to be treated for injuries including a broken nose, and Thorpe was arrested in Fairview Road.

He appeared at Highbury Corner magistrates court on Friday after being charged with two counts of racially aggravated actual bodily harm and one count of possessing an offensive weapon.