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Case discontinued over social media comments after Woolwich murder Case discontinued over social media comments after Woolwich murder
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A 19-year-old accused of making comments on a social media website following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby has had his court case discontinued. A 19-year-old man accused of making comments on a social media website following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby has had his court case discontinued.
Mohammed Mazar, of Balmoral Drive, Woking, Surrey, was charged with improper use of the public electronic communications network under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. Mohammed Mazar, of Woking, Surrey, was charged with improper use of the public electronic communications network under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.
He was on the list to appear at Guildford magistrates court but a prosecutor said a letter informing Mazar that the case was to be "discontinued" had been sent earlier. He was on the list to appear at Guildford magistrates court but a prosecutor said a letter informing Mazar that the case was to be discontinued had been sent earlier.
Since Rigby, 25, was brutally hacked to death in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May, there has been a spike in communal tensions expressed online. Since Rigby, 25, was brutally hacked to death in Woolwich, south-east London, on 22 May there has been a spike in communal tensions expressed online.
Police across the country have made arrests for alleged malicious comments posted on sites such as Facebook and Twitter in relation to the killing.Police across the country have made arrests for alleged malicious comments posted on sites such as Facebook and Twitter in relation to the killing.
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