Prosecutors lose bid to overturn acquittal of man who burned Koran

The Crown Prosecution Service has lost a High Court bid to challenge the acquittal of a man who burned a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London.Hamit Coskun was initially convicted last June of a religiously aggravated public order offence after he held a flaming copy of the Islamic text aloft and shouted “f*** Islam” outside the Turkish embassy on February 13 last year.The 51-year-old successfully appealed against his conviction, having it overturned by Mr Justice Bennathan at Southwark Crown Court in October.