Charges dropped against more than 100 Extinction Rebellion protesters
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from on (#4VRFG)
Decision may prompt those detained in October protests to sue for wrongful arrest
More than 100 Extinction Rebellion protesters have had charges against them dropped after the ban forbidding protest in London last month was ruled unlawful.
The Crown Prosecution Service decision will affect about 105 cases immediately, mostly those involving defendants facing trial for allegedly breaching section 14 of the 1986 Public Order Act.
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