UK Police force accused of risking safety of man who burnt Koran

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A police force has been accused of endangering a man who burned a Koran.

Martin Frost, 47, admitted a religiously aggravated public order offence after being filmed tearing pages from the Islamic holy book and setting them alight in Manchester on Saturday.

Greater Manchester Police included his name, date of birth and the borough where he lives in a post on X announcing he had been charged.

Free speech campaigners warned the case could lead to blasphemy laws being “reintroduced by the back door” and leave Frost at risk of retaliation….

 

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The incident happened outside the Turkish consulate in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, London (Google StreetView/PA)


Two people have been charged after a video emerged of a man burning a Koran and another man attacking him outside the Turkish consulate in London.

Social media footage showed a man being kicked on the ground by his knife-wielding attacker.

Hamit Coskun, 50, from Derby, had been charged with a religiously aggravated public order offence after he was filmed apparently burning the book in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.

He was remanded in custody and will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court today.

Moussa Kadri, 59, from Kensington and Chelsea, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.

He was bailed and will appear at the same court on Monday.

Footage posted to X showed a man burning a book outside the barrier to the Turkish consulate.

The same man is then seen lying on the ground as someone kicks him and slashes towards him with a knife before walking away.