Case of Nathan Draper

17/03/2009

Bedfordshire Crown Prosecution Service has decided to discontinue a racially aggravated public order charge against Nathan Draper, arising out of demonstration when the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment marched through Luton last week. The decision to charge Mr Draper was made on the evidence available at the time. The CPS has a duty to keep cases under continuous review and when a full file with CCTV footage was received and reviewed, it was decided there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction for the racially aggravated offence, or for a non-racially aggravated offence. The CPS wrote to Mr Draper on 16 March 2009 advising him that the case had been discontinued in advance of his first appearance in Luton Magistrates Court.