He is due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court on September 13

Twitter has apologised for being slow to act as it announced it had permanently suspended rapper Wiley, six days after he posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets.

Facebook has banned Wiley from its platforms after an account purportedly belonging to the rapper took aim at some of his Jewish critics. The grime artist was widely condemned for posting a series of anti-Semitic messages on Twitter and Instagram.

Politicians and musicians have condemned anti-Semitic tweets by Grime artist Wiley, which have seen him banned from the social media platform for a week.

Grime artist Wiley has been dropped by his management company over accusations of anti-Semitism.