Eight people were arrested today during King Charles' Scottish Coronation in Edinburgh
The constitutional event took place today, Wednesday July 5, with thousands of people lining the streets including hundreds of peaceful protestors. King Charles III was presented with the Honours of Scotland at St Giles’ Cathedral and only eight arrests were made for a variety of offences.
However two women were arrested in connection with a breach of the peace after allegedly attempting to climb over a crowd safety barrier on the Royal Mile. Three men and one woman were arrested for alleged threatening behaviour and failing to desist.Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs, police lead for the event, said: “This significant constitutional event took place safely without any disruption to the ceremony or people’s procession.
Top news stories today “Over the past few weeks, our protest liaison team have been speaking to protest groups, we set up an Independent Advisory Group to help guide our approach and, in coordination with the event organiser and the local authority crowd safety manager, we worked hard to identify dedicated protest areas to maximise public safety, balanced against people’s rights to protest.
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