Two men arrested as part of an investigation into sex abuse allegations at an orthodox Jewish synagogue have denied charges of harassment.
Shlomo Feldman and Samuel Erlanger were both detained by police probing allegations of sex abuse at the Divrei Chaim Synagogue, in Bridge Lane, Temple Fortune.
Detectives arrested the synagogue’s rabbi Chaim Halpern in February on suspicion of sexual assault and perverting the course of justice. He is due to answer bail in July.
Mr Feldman, 29, of Lynmouth Road, Stamford Hill, appeared at Hendon Magistrate’s Court on Monday where he pleaded not guilty to three charges of harassment without violence.
He was bailed to appear at Willesden Magistrate’s Court on July 26.
Mr Erlanger, 37, of Powis Gardens, Golders Green, denied one count of the same charge earlier this month and was bailed to appear at the same court on July 11.
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