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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Aine Fox

Burning Koran upsetting but not a crime, says judge in ‘victory for free speech’

Hamit Coskun outside Southwark Crown Court (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Campaigners have hailed a successful appeal against the conviction of a man who burned a Koran in London as “an important victory for freedom of expression”.

Hamit Coskun was found guilty earlier this year of a religiously aggravated public order offence having shouted “f*** Islam” while holding the flaming religious text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in England’s capital city in February.

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