Biggleswade teenager charged with three offences related to hate crime following ‘two incidents in a week’

A teenager from Biggleswade has been charged with three offences related to hate crime following two alleged incidents in the town over the course of a week.

Keelan Dickens, 19, of Chaucer Drive, was charged on Tuesday with religiously aggravated harassment, using threatening behaviour to cause distress, and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

The offences are alleged to have occurred on March 22 and 27. The 19-year-old is set to appear before Luton magistrates on April 13.