A man has been charged by the Metropolitan Police after a series of 'revolting' antisemitic attacks on synagogues and a Jewish school in London.

Seven Jewish premises in Barnet, north London, were allegedly targeted while four synagogues and a private residence had a 'substance smeared on them' between August 15 and September 11. Liquid was also thrown towards a school and over a car.

Ionut-Cristian Bold, 37, was charged on Saturday with six counts of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and for racially or religiously aggravated harassment without violence.

Bold, who is of no fixed address, has also been charged with three counts of destroying or damaging property and for having an article with intent to destroy or damage property.

He was arrested in the Hendon area on Friday and will appear at Willesden Magistrates' Court on September 15.