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The West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided to take no action against a 15 year old schoolgirl who burnt a copy of the Qur’an or a 14 year old schoolboy who made threats about her on a social networking site following the incident.
The reviewing lawyer decided there was sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction in each case but considered whether the public interest required a prosecution or whether a Final Warning as an alternative to prosecution would be appropriate as both were of previous good character. After considering representations from the police and community groups that the case could be resolved appropriately between the parties without need for a prosecution, and that both teenagers had agreed to co-operate, it was felt it was not in the public interest to prosecute.
