Police say there is "insufficient" evidence for "a realistic prospect of conviction" over the performance at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

The rapper in punk duo Bob Vylan will not face further action over his “death death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury Festival, police have said.

Rapper Bobby Vylan, real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster led crowds on the festival’s West Holts Stage in the chants about the Israel Defence Forces during the group’s performance in June.

Avon and Somerset Police said a criminal investigation was under way shortly afterwards, with a senior detective appointed to lead the investigation.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    They said the case wasn’t moving forwards because of a “lack of evidence”. Not that there was no crime committed.

    Yeah, as you pointed out, the chant was done in a public place. So “lack of evidence” is a prosecutorial euphemism for “we have no case.”