The youth, who is now 19, was charged with putting about 250 posters on poles, bus shelters and walls around the resort last December.
Among them were six posters put around the Queenstown Islamic Centre at the Gorge Rd Retail Centre.
The showed images of the prophet Mohammed, in the style of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and were stuck to the windows of the centre, also known as Queenstown Masjid, less than a fortnight after it opened.
On a building opposite the centre, and on poles and walls elsewhere in the resort, the youth put up posters saying ‘‘Islam is right about women’’.
The youth admitted charges of billsticking, between December 1 and 24; and possession of a knife, in the Queenstown Gardens, on December 24, and granted diversion and interim name suppression.
Queenstown District Court staff today confirmed he has completed diversion, and a judge has made an order for permanent name suppression.
Diversion is a scheme in which offenders are dealt with ‘out of court’, in which charges are withdrawn and a conviction not recorded, provided the offender completes agreed conditions.
Generally, it is the offender’s first offence, the offence is not serious, and the offender has accepted full responsibility.
Conditions of a diversion agreement may include an apology to the victim, reparation, attending counselling or programmes, and participating in a restorative justice process.
