An Extinction Rebellion protester will face trial after a Court of Appeal ruling on rights to protest.
An Extinction Rebellion protester charged with causing criminal damage at a Department for Transport building in London is to face trial after a Court of Appeal ruling.
Gail Bradbrook, 50, is accused of smashing a plate-glass window worth £27,500 at the office in October 2019.several times pending the outcome of a Court of Appeal ruling on defendants' rights to protest.The Court of Appeal was deciding whether protesters can rely on a human rights defence when accused of criminal damage.
Part of their defence had relied on convincing the jury a conviction would be a disproportionate interference with the defendants' rights to protest under the European Convention on Human Rights.Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Mr Justice Holgate and Mr Justice Saini said the Colston protest fell outside of the protection of the convention because it was violent and led to significant damage.
As a result, at Isleworth Crown Court, where Ms Bradbrook, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, is due to be tried, Judge Martin Edmunds KC set a trial date of 17 July because the "legal landscape has now settled".
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