The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case against a Christian street preacher arrested under hate crime legislation while preaching in Liverpool city centre, it was reported in late June, as it would not be in the public interest to prosecute him.
Alex Peverely was preaching on different issues, including same sex ‘marriage’, when he was approached by an employee of the nearby Playhouse Theatre. The employee asked him to reduce the volume, claiming that the theatre had received a complaint from a customer.
Shortly after this, Alex was approached by two uniformed police officers who had been informed that a hate crime had been committed by a man shouting homophobic abuse.
