UK Police Won't Probe Wife of PM's Aide Over Pro-Palestine Post
Summarized from The Times of Israel by baba
London's Metropolitan Police will not investigate Sarah Helm, wife of Prime Minister Andy Burnham's national security adviser, for a social media post supporting the banned group Palestine Action. Police determined the post did not meet the criminal threshold for further action. The group was banned last year, and supporting it is now illegal in the UK. The decision follows criticism from the Campaign Against Antisemitism and comes amid ongoing legal challenges to the ban.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- London police will not investigate Sarah Helm, wife of PM's national security adviser, for a pro-Palestine Action post.
- The post by Sarah Helm did not meet the criminal threshold, police announced Saturday.
- Palestine Action, an activist group, was banned as a terrorist organization by the UK last year.
- Supporting the banned group is a criminal offense in the UK.
- The Campaign Against Antisemitism called for Helm's post to be investigated.
- Over 3,500 people have been arrested in Britain for alleged support of the group since the ban.
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