When is criminal damage lawful?
Appeal judges may need to clarify the law
There were two contrasting stories about the protest group Extinction Rebellion in the newspapers this week.
On Tuesday, it was reported that five protesters who bought an old fire engine and used it to spray red dye over the Treasury in London had been cleared by a jury of criminal damage.
One of the d…
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