No arrests in Big Brother race row

No arrests will be made in connection with the Big Brother racism row, police said today.

The British Crown Prosecution Service has decided that what occurred was “clearly offensive” but “not criminal”

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The row sparked a diplomatic incident following the treatment of the Channel 4 show’s eventual winner Shilpa Shetty.

Hertfordshire Police said: “Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, it was felt that it would not be in the public interest to effect arrests or to pursue footage through the courts.”