Can the end justify the means?
Attorney general says protestors’ views are no defence to criminal damage
I reported here a month ago that the Court of Appeal is to rule on whether protestors in England and Wales have a defence to charges of criminal damage if they honestly believe that organisations whose property they deface or destroy would have given their consent.
The appeal court will be able to provide guidance for judges in future trials because the…
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