Criminal damage ruling today
Attorney general claims unconnected protest cannot justify harm
The Court of Appeal will rule this morning on whether protestors in England and Wales have a defence to charges of criminal damage even if there is no direct link between the damage they cause and the issues about which they are protesting.
That question was considered at a hearing on 21 February by the lady chief justice Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-H…
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