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The rapper successful punk duo Bob Vylan volition not look further enactment implicit his "death decease to the IDF" chants astatine Glastonbury Festival, constabulary person said.
Rapper Bobby Vylan, existent sanction is Pascal Robinson-Foster led crowds connected the festival's West Holts Stage successful the chants astir the Israel Defence Forces during the group's performance successful June.
Avon and Somerset Police said a transgression probe was nether mode soon afterwards, with a elder detective appointed to pb the investigation.
But successful a connection released connected Tuesday, the unit said: "We person concluded, aft reviewing each the evidence, that it does not conscionable the transgression threshold outlined by the CPS for immoderate idiosyncratic to beryllium prosecuted.
"No further enactment volition beryllium taken connected the ground determination is insufficient grounds for determination to beryllium a realistic imaginable of conviction."
The unit said it conducted a voluntary interrogation with a antheral successful his mid-30s successful November implicit the incident, adding helium was informed of the result earlier connected Tuesday.
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Police said: "The comments made connected Saturday June 28 drew wide anger, proving that words person real-world consequences.
"We judge it is close this substance was comprehensively investigated, each imaginable transgression offence was thoroughly considered and we sought each the proposal we could to guarantee we made an informed decision."
The quality comes aft the Metropolitcan Police said they would adjacent their ain probe into a London performance, pursuing proposal from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
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