Article 59ESB Police targeted Piers Corbyn at anti-lockdown protests, court told

Police targeted Piers Corbyn at anti-lockdown protests, court told

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Defence lawyer sketches out case as trial of brother of former Labour leader is delayed

Piers Corbyn was specifically targeted" by police at anti-lockdown protests and there was a politicisation in the enforcement of the regulations", his barrister has told a court.

Ben Cooper QC told Westminster magistrates on Friday that the 73-year-old weather forecaster was very much on the radar" of officers patrolling London's Hyde Park in May.

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