Police in the UK have dropped their months long investigation into street preacher and Pastor Dia Moodley, according to a report by the ADF, who were representing him in court.
The pastor was arrested on November 22, 2025, for peacefully sharing his Christian views in the public square, on suspicion of “inciting religious hatred” and committing a Section 4A religiously aggravated public order offence under the Public Order Act 1986.
Pastor Moodley was subjected to arrest, eight hours in a police cell, a police visit to his home, interrogation at the police station and the initial imposition of bail conditions that banned him from entering and therefore preaching in Bristol city centre over Christmas.
After four months of investigating, police dropped the charges after determining “the evidential threshold for a realistic prospect of conviction was not met.”
It wasn’t the first time UK police either harassed or failed to protect Moodley. Recently, a Muslim man threatened him with violence over his preaching, but law enforcement told him the incident could not be investigated due to a lack of evidence, despite the encounter being filmed.
The ADF further notes:
In early 2024, the father of four successfully challenged police in Bristol after they forbade him from speaking freely about his Christian beliefs – and comparing them to other religious views – in public.
Later that year, after being assaulted by a member of the public, Pastor Moodley was arrested by Avon and Somerset Police and held for 13 hours in a police cell for contrasting Christianity and Islam in response to a question.
In March 2025, the pastor was threatened with arrest for “public order offences”, after he was assaulted by Muslim men who objected to his preaching.
