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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 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. | |
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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