A man has avoided jail after violently attacking a protester who was burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London. Credit: Crown Prosecution ServiceAdvertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA bystander filmed Coskun holding the burning book before being attacked by Kadri. Coskun tried to fend off the blows using the Koran, while Kadri repeatedly yelled “this is my religion”. Kadri chased Coskun, who stumbled forward and fell to the ground, where the defendant then spat at and kicked him, the court heard. Adam Hiddleston, the judge, told Kadri: “You were clearly deeply offended by a man who was protesting outside the Turkish consulate.