A teenager who was convicted of shouting: 'I don't want your coronavirus in my country' as he beat up a Singaporean law student during a racist attack was today ordered to pay his victim £600.
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, punched 24-year-old Jonathan Mok in the face during the group attack on February 24 last year.
Witnesses to the attack standing a few metres away heard the words 'disease' and 'coronavirus' used, while Mr Mok said the defendant told him: 'I don't want your coronavirus in my country.'
UCL law student Mr Mok, who had been studying in London for two years at the time of the incident, required surgery on his face following the confrontation on Oxford Street, central London.