Donnachadh McCarthy has charge of assaulting security guard in Parliament Square dismissed as judge did not want to ‘waste any more time’A judge has dismissed an assault charge against a former deputy chair of the Liberal Democrats and supporter of Occupy Democracy,saying she was not going to waste any more time on the case.
In an abrupt halt to proceedings at Westminster magistrates court, deputy district judge Claire Evans threw out the charge of assaulting a security guard after hearing Donnachadh McCarthy give half an hour of testimony about a protest in December in Parliament Square.
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Source: theguardian.com