ICC Note: Across Western Europe, ICC has observed a sharply decreased tolerance over the past decade for expressions of Christianity and orthodox Christian values. In July of last year an American street preacher was detained by London police for alleged “hate speech”, though the preacher only quoted the Bible. Charges were later dropped against the preacher. In this latest cases, Bill Edwards, 73, was asked to stop preaching in front of a courthouse in Oxfordshire by police before being arrested after walking into a nearby police station. 
2/12/2014 United Kingdom (Charisma) – A former teacher who was ordered by a female police constable to stop preaching outside Banbury Magistrates Court House in the U.K. has had the charges of assault and breach of the peace against him dismissed by the Oxford Magistrates Court.
The officer approached Bill Edwards, 73, when he was preaching outside the courthouse and asked him to move on, as some people inside the building found his preaching “offensive.” He refused, however, and the officer told him he would be arrested. Edwards followed her into the police station a short distance away, where he was grabbed by six officers, taken to the ground and arrested.
On Tuesday the district judge at the Oxford Magistrates Court told Edwards he had no case to answer and expressed doubt that the officer had acted in the execution of her duty.
An application for a restraint order to prevent Edwards from preaching outside Banbury Court House was refused, and he was given an order for costs to cover his travel expenses.
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