- Bahar Mustafa was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court tomorrow
- 28-year-old was charged with sending an offensive message on Twitter
- Critics found alleged tweet after she told white men not to attend a meeting
- Crown Prosecution Service letter said there was not enough evidence
By Lydia Willgress: A man hating radical feminist student diversity officer who was due to appear in court after allegedly tweeting #killallwhitemen has had the charges against her dropped.
Bahar Mustafa, a student union Welfare and Diversity Officer at Goldsmiths, University of London, was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with sending a communication conveying a threatening message.
The 28-year-old, from Edmonton, north London, had also been charged with sending an offensive message via a public communication network between November 10, 2014, and May 31.
But a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) letter sent on October 26 told Mustafa the decision to drop the charges had been made due to lack of evidence, reported the Guardian.
It said: 'The decision to discontinue these charges has been taken because there is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.'
A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed the case had been discontinued.
A CPS spokesman added: 'Following the decision to discontinue this case, one of the complainants has now requested a review of this decision under the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
'It would not be appropriate to comment further on this case until this process has been completed.'
Speaking to Vice after discovering the charges had been dropped, Ms Mustafa said: 'Despite the fact that police failed to present any evidence against me, I was dragged through the justice system.
'I never actually tweeted it – but I don't condemn it either. The #KillAllWhiteMen hashtag is something that a lot of people in the feminist community use to express frustration.'
She added: 'I am absolutely for free speech and I think that these people who accuse me have a very misguided understanding of free speech.'
Mike Schwarz, her solicitor, told the Guardian: 'The decision first to prosecute and then to climb down so soon afterwards, made by the Crown Prosecution Service headquarters, calls into question their ability to make sensible judgments on delicate issues.'
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