A police investigation into the  rapper Wiley’s antisemitic rants on social media has been dropped after it emerged he was not in the UK at the time the alleged offences took place.

The JC understands that the grime artist - whose real name is Richard Kylea Cowie – was in Rotterdam, Holland, when he posted a stream of comments on Twitter and Facebook in July, including tropes about Jewish power and one message in which he said that the community deserved to "hold some corn."

"Hold some corn" is used as street slang for the firing of bullets.

Following Wiley’s actions in July, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they were reviewing the messages following the allegations of antisemitism.

"The Met takes all reports of antisemitism extremely seriously,” they said. “The relevant material is being assessed.”

But after gaining intelligence on Wiley’s location when the messages were posted and confirming he was in Holland the police have now dropped the investigation.

A spokesperson for The Community Security Trust, confirmed: “It is one of the loopholes of the internet that a British person can post so many antisemitic tweets and posts, clearly intended for a British audience and doing so much damage to community relations in this country, but because he was not in the UK at the time he can’t be prosecuted here.

“We are grateful to the Police for their investigation but this is another example of why this country urgently needs stronger and more relevant laws governing online hate.”