Five men and three women said they had blocked road to stay sale of weapons to regimes accused of human rights abuses
A court has dismissed charges against protesters who blocked the road outside a major London arms impartial,after they argued that they acted to stay greater crimes being committed using weapons bought in the UK. District judge Angus Hamilton, sitting at Stratford magistrates court, and said the defence had presented clear and credible evidence that illegal activity had been conducted at the Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEI) arms impartial in previous years,and that police arresting the activists had failed to investigate to ensure it was not happening again. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com