Danny pic not a crime
DANNY Baker will not face police action over his “racist” royal baby tweet.
The DJ was fired from BBC Radio 5 Live last week after marking the birth by sharing a picture of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes.
Police received a complaint about the post, but a Met spokeswoman said: “Having reviewed the comments made, we do not consider that a criminal threshold has been met and as such we will be taking no further action.”
Baker had quickly deleted the tweet and insisted he had never even thought about the racist connotations.
The DJ claimed it was a “genuine, naive and catastrophic mistake” and a “crass and regrettable blunder”.
He wrote: “In attempting to lampoon privilege and the news cycle I went to a file of goofy pictures and saw the chimp dressed as a Lord and thought: ‘That’s the one!’
“Minutes later I was alerted by followers that this royal baby was of course mixed race and waves of panic and revulsion washed over me.”