MAIL ONLINE: A Muslim protester who daubed a war memorial with graffiti glorifying Osama Bin Laden and proclaiming 'Islam will dominate the world' walked free from court after prosecutors ruled his actions were not motivated by religion.
Tohseef Shah, 21, could have faced a tougher sentence if the court had accepted that the insults - which included a threat to kill the Prime Minister - were inspired by religious hatred.
But - citing a loophole in the law - the Crown Prosecution Service chose not to charge him with that offence and he escaped with only a two-year conditional discharge and an order to pay the council £500 compensation after admitting causing criminal damage.
Yesterday the decision was attacked by politicians and veterans who were shocked by the desecration of the memorial in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, chairman of the Parliamentary Counter Terrorism sub-committee, said: 'This is an outrage against our war dead.'
Shah sprayed the words 'Islam will dominate the world - Osama is on his way' and 'Kill Gordon Brown' on the plinth of the memorial in December. Muslim Daubs War Memorial with 'Islam Will Dominate the World' - But Walks Free After CPS Says He Was NOT Racially Motivated >>> James Tozer | Friday, April 30, 2010
