A spelling mistake has landed a 10-year-old Muslim boy in the UK in trouble. The boy, whose has not been identified, was questioned by the police in north west England for mistakenly writing that he lives in a “terrorist house” instead of “terraced house” during an English lesson in school.
It emerged that was a spelling error as he meant to write terraced house, in reference to an architectural style in England of rows of identical homes with shared side walls.
The boy was interviewed by lancashire Police at his home in Accrington, lancashire, the following day and the family laptop was examined. “This was reported to the police but was dealt with by a joint visit by a PC from the division and social services, not by anyone from Prevent.