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Former Labour member charged after police probe into antisemitism allegations

Mohson Rasool, 60, has been charged with an offence under the Communications Act

February 26, 2020 16:51
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A former Labour member who was expelled by the party has been charged with an offence under the Communications Act as part of a police investigation into alleged antisemitism.

Mohson Rasool, 60, is charged with sending "a grossly offensive message or other matter" on February 10, 2018.

But on Wednesday the Metropolitan Police said that four other individuals, three men and a woman, had been told they will face no further action as part of an investigation was prompted by an internal Labour dossier detailing antisemitic messages on social media allegedly posted by party members.

Mr Rasool's case was one of five that were originally handed to prosecutors between March and July 2019 after Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick was handed a dossier of allegations by LBC Radio.