US bans British teenager over offensive Obama e-mail

LONDON - A 17-year-old British boy, who sent an “abusive” e-mail to the White House, has been banned from entering the US for life, a media report said Tuesday.

Luke Angel from Bedfordshire, northwest of London, was investigated after he expressed his dislike of President Barack Obama and the US government, BBC reported Tuesday.

Bedfordshire police, who then visited Luke, said the e-mail was full of abusive and threatening language.

“He was told that he wouldn’t be able to go to America,” they added.

Luke told police he could not remember exactly what he had written in the e-mail.

It was a case of a boy “being silly” and no criminal action was being taken, a spokeswoman said.