Councillor will not face police action over 'Islamophobic' Twitter posts
A disgraced councillor will not face action from police over comments posted on social media as an investigation was dropped.
Stourbridge councillor Colin Elcock has been given an indefinite suspension by the Dudley Conservative Group after he was reported over the posts. He will now sit as an independent.
West Midlands Police launched an investigation but said the posts, which said Islam was “domination not integration” and asked whether people in Iran were “all on the dole”, did not "meet the threshold for criminal prosecution".
A force spokesman said: "Police launched an investigation into a complaint regarding social media comments.
"A thorough investigation was carried out, with all of the evidence obtained and reviewed. It was concluded that the comments did not meet the threshold for criminal prosecution."
