New Delhi, June 2 -- A man who burned a Koran (Quran) outside the Turkish consulate in London was on Monday found guilty by a district court on charges of a religiously aggravated public order offence.

The accused, identified as 50-year-old Hamit Coskun, on February 13 shouted "Islam is religion of terrorism" and "Koran is burning" as he set the religious book on fire, reported news agency AFP.

District Judge John McGarva at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court found Coskun guilty of using disorderly behaviour "within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress".

Coskun was motivated by "hostility towards members of a religious group, namely followers of Islam", said McGarva.

The court has iss...