Drax defendants guilty

News is being tweeted out of court - all defendants found guilty of obstruction of the train. Judge has stated that he will be imposing community service type punishments and no prison time. Defendants liable for costs and compensation. Closing statement from the defence Members of the jury. I'm going to try to summarise why we feel that we are not guilty, why we feel that what we did was right, despite the very proper laws against obstructing trains, why we feel that it was the wrong decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute us in this case, and why we don't feel that we are guilty of a crime. I want to start by responding to your request for clarification yesterday about "lawful excuse". His honour may say [in his summing up] that it's true that there are ways in law to make space for circumstances, to allow a... [read full story]                    

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