Race hate charge dropped
A TEENAGER accused of racist abuse at a soldiers’ parade marred by protests from Islamic extremists will not face trial, it emerged last night.
Nathan Draper, 18, was arrested in Luton at a parade to welcome the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment back from Iraq last week.
He was charged with racially aggravated harassment and was due to appear at Luton magistrates’ court today.
But the Crown Prosecution Service said the case has been discontinued following a review of evidence.
Veteran Ricky Clitheroe, 73, said justice had been done.
He is delivering a letter about the protest to Gordon Brown today.