Man found guilty for burning Koran and shouting 'f*** Islam' wins appeal

Hamit Coskun, who was found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence after burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London, has won an appeal at Southwark Crown Court against the conviction.

He was found guilty earlier in June of a religiously aggravated public order offence, having shouted "f*** Islam", "Islam is the religion of terrorism" and "Koran is burning" while holding the flaming religious text aloft outside the Turkish consulate earlier this year. His case prompted free speech campaigners and some politicians to argue the outcome was an attempt to bring back the blasphemy law.

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