A woman has been charged following an alleged racist rant against family members of a Christchurch mosque attack victim.
Aya Al-Umari and her mother Janna, whose brother and son Hussein Al-Umari was murdered in the terror attack on two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019, were out shopping at a Farmer's outlet in north Canterbury in December. They were discussing shades of lipstick in Arabic when the incident took place.
Glenda Duff, of Rangiora in north Canterbury, has since been charged. A police spokesperson said the 68-year-old woman appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday charged under the Summary Offences Act 1981 Section 4 (1) (c) (i) with using any threatening or insulting words being reckless about whether any person is alarmed or insulted by those words.
Speaking to Newshub after the incident last year, Aya claimed the woman told her husband: "It's okay, it won't be long before they leave our country."
That's when Aya started filming. The altercation subsequently went viral after being posted on social media.
In the video, the woman could be heard saying "going home would be a good idea" and that she was "very proud of New Zealand", where she claimed to have been "born and bred".
Duff will next appear in court on May 31.
