Woman sentenced for defacing Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial – BBC News
‘A woman who tipped faeces over a memorial of Sir Captain Tom Moore has been given a suspended jail sentence.’
BBC News, October 2022
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‘A woman who tipped faeces over a memorial of Sir Captain Tom Moore has been given a suspended jail sentence.’
BBC News, October 2022
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‘The Court of Appeal has concluded in the Attorney General’s referral of the jury acquittal of the Colston 4 that ECHR rights were not engaged where damage to property was criminal. Rosalind English analyses the ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th October 2022
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‘A man who cut a gas pipe to sell for scrap, causing a blast in which a two-year-old boy died, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 5th October 2022
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‘Four defendants were acquitted by a jury in Bristol Crown Court following their trial for allegations of criminal damage on 7 June 2020 to a statue of the English merchant Edward Colston (1636-1721). The story has been widely covered elsewhere so I will limit this post to a discussion of the reference itself.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th October 2022
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‘Protesters accused of “significant” criminal damage cannot rely on human rights protections when on trial, the court of appeal has said.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2022
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‘The toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was a “violent” act, appeal court judges have ruled.
They also ruled human rights protections were not available as a defence to the so-called Colston Four, who were acquitted of criminal damage.’
BBC News, 28th September 2022
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‘A drug driver who deliberately crashed his BMW into a pensioner’s bungalow has been jailed.’
The Independent, 28th September 2022
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‘A man who admitted throttling a woman he met on a dating site has become one of the first people in the country to be jailed under a new law.’
‘An anti-vaxxer has been jailed for smashing windows with rocks at two north Wales Covid vaccination centres’
BBC News, 16th June 2022
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‘A lawyer who injected food with his blood at a series of supermarkets in a £500,000 rampage has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.’
The Independent, 6th May 2022
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‘Climate protest group Insulate Britain has declared Britain’s courts “a site of non-violent civil resistance”, saying the UK legal system no longer has any legitimacy.’
The Independent, April 2022
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‘The criminal damage trial of the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has been delayed pending a High Court judgment over the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol.’
The Independent, 19th April 2022
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‘The acquittal of four people on trial for toppling Bristol’s Edward Colston statue has prompted the attorney general to contact the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 13th April 2022
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‘A leading NHS surgeon has been censured by two medical regulators, and suspended by one of them, for repeatedly vandalising colleagues’ cars in their hospital car park, the Guardian can reveal.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2022
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‘Two environmental activists have been convicted of charges relating to a protest against HS2 after occupying a 100ft-high drilling rig to highlight damage they claimed the rail project was causing to London’s drinking water supply.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2022
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‘The acquittal of the Colston Four raises questions about new laws imposing 10-year jail terms for the toppling of statues, legal experts have said.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2022
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‘Cases have included climate, environment, human rights and anti-war protests where damage to property was not denied.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2022
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‘Four people accused of illegally removing a statue of Edward Colston have been cleared of criminal damage.’
BBC News, 6th January 2022
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‘A homeowner has been ordered to pay £80,000 for using a deadly herbicide to poison a protected tree that was overlooking his home.’
The Independent, 17th December 2021
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‘A protester who set fire to police vehicles during a riot that followed a “Kill the Bill” demonstration in Bristol has been jailed for 14 years.’
The Independent, 17th December 2021
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