French court scraps farmer's conviction for helping migrants cross border

Amnesty International says appeals ruling will affect acts of solidarity' throughout Europe

A French court has scrapped all charges against an olive farmer who helped migrants enter the country illegally, the final chapter in a groundbreaking case that defined so-called crimes of solidarity".

Cedric Herrou, who helped about 200 people cross the border from Italy into southern France, was given a four-month suspended sentence in August 2017.