A former legal worker walked free from court after a jury cleared her of racial abuse towards Muslim families.

Virginia Agraviador, 53, had screamed ‘I don’t hijab, I am happy with my miniskirt’ and ‘f**k off back to your own country’  at passers-by who wore Islamic clothing as she sat in Kensington Gardens.

A MailOnline article noted how the jury took just 33 minutes to clear Ms Agraviador of racially aggravated abuse.

Hearing the abuse, Delia Ahmed had tried to calm Ms Agraviador; but she allegedly retorted ‘Get out of my f**king face, I don’t hijab, I work for the Mother Theresa, get out, get out’.

As Mrs Ahmed walked off with her husband and two daughters, Ms Agraviador had allegedly hurled a wine bottle in her direction.

The incident happened on August 4 last year. And Ms Agraviador had been rough sleeping prior to the incident. In court, she denied the racist abuse or throwing the wine bottle in the direction of Mrs Ahmed.

Ms Agraviador has three prior convictions for racial abuse, and she had plead guilty to them.

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Police in Southwark have released images of two women they are keen to speak with following an anti-Muslim attack against a Muslim woman in her 40s.

The incident took place on October 28 at roughly 20:10. Officers responded to reports that a Muslim woman experiencing racial and religious verbal abuse. As police arrived, the suspects had punched the Muslim woman in the head, and kicked her off the bus. The verbal abuse continued after the assault.

Police confirmed that the main suspects are two black women in their 20s. Nor have they made any arrests. The story made national headlines last month.

An eyewitness tweeted that the woman was visibly Muslim.

Just witnessed a hate crime at the Elephant. Muslim woman in hijab kicked backwards off a bus to the floor

— Antonia Bance (@antoniabance) October 28, 2015

With the release of fresh CCTV they also hope to speak to witnesses who may have photographed or filmed the attack and abuse.

Images released as part of appeal following hate crime on #Southwark bus https://t.co/GOijnYuGRb pic.twitter.com/N2MBVtgSoS

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) December 16, 2015

Did you travel on the number 63 bus on the evening of October 28? It departed from Kings Cross towards Peckham. The incident happened on London Road in Southwark.  Do you recognise the women in the CCTV photos?

Anyone with information is urged to call police on 101, quoting reference number 3031350/15, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111. 

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