Two Muslim teenagers have admitted drawing burkas on advertisements of scantily-clad women because they offended their religious views

In one incident, Mohammed Hasnath and Muhammed Tahir, both 18, used black paint to draw the traditional headdress over a model in a poster for Lynx deodorant. The vandals said that it was a sin in Islam for the woman to remain uncovered and they were just trying to do good. They also painted over faces in several other advertisements, including one for the Nicolas Cage film Drive Angry. Thames Magistrates’ Court in Bow, East London, was told that the pair were caught red-handed after members of the public called police. They had been seen painting over a female angel in the advertisement for Lynx at a bus shelter in February. Paint was also applied to the other side of the hoarding, which carried the poster for Drive Angry. The youths admitted six counts of criminal damage. Hasnath, of Poplar, and Tahir, of Tower Hamlets, were each told to pay costs of £283 and were released on a 12-month conditional discharge. The case came only days after Islamic extremists started a poster campaign proclaiming areas where Sharia law enforcement zones had been set up.