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Then there was the disgraceful prosecution of Hamit Coskun, under Section 5, for burning a Koran when we all know that there is not a chance he would ever have been prosecuted for burning a bible, and nor should he be. That brave officer in Whitechapel seems to be the exception, which is why she has been so widely praised. Too often, “harassment, alarm or distress” has proven a temptingly low threshold for police and prosecutors, resulting in overreach—something that the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, who tonight is sadly not in her place, spoke to from her long experience when she supported my amendment in Committee.