Police release update on Bob Vylan Glastonbury investigation

Police accidental they person interviewed a antheral implicit comments made during punk-rap duo Bob Vylan's acceptable astatine Glastonbury.

A antheral successful his mid-30s attended a voluntary interrogation with officers connected Monday, Avon and Somerset Police said.

The outspoken punk duo sparked contention with their show astatine Glastonbury in June, erstwhile frontman Bobby Vylan led a chant of "death, decease to the IDF" connected stage.

Police said they had consulted the Crown Prosecution Service and received ineligible proposal connected the probe successful October.

"It has been important for america to person a afloat knowing of immoderate ineligible precedents, which is simply a analyzable process, and truthful implicit the past mates of months we person been seeking aboriginal ineligible proposal from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)," the unit said successful a statement.

"Following a reappraisal of the advice, a voluntary constabulary interrogation was arranged to assistance america advancement our enquiries... The substance has been recorded arsenic a nationalist bid incidental portion we proceed to analyse and see each applicable legislation.

"Voluntary constabulary interviews are commonly utilized successful investigations wherever an idiosyncratic agrees to be and an apprehension is not considered necessary, for illustration connected the grounds of nationalist information oregon for the preservation of evidence. Attendees are interviewed nether caution and person the aforesaid ineligible rights arsenic anybody who is arrested."

Bob Vylan's acceptable astatine Glastonbury was live-streamed by the BBC arsenic portion of its sum of the festival, leading to fierce disapproval of the corporation.

The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit has since recovered the broadcast breached editorial standards related to harm and offence.

However, the unit's findings cleared the corp of breaching its guidelines relating to worldly that is apt to promote oregon incite crime.

Following the performance, the BBC issued an apology to viewers, particularly the Jewish community, and promised to instrumentality enactment to "ensure due accountability". It besides said it would no longer unrecorded broadcast "high risk" performances.