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In Manchester, 'scuffles' with police led to two arrests. Two people were arrested in Leicester city centre and a protest on The Headrow in Leeds led to one arrest. [91] Twenty arrests were made in Blackpool after violent disorder broke out amongst nearly 1,000 protesters, with bottles and other projectiles thrown at police. [101]
The Metropolitan Police said 30 people were held at Lambeth Bridge and another 94 at Vauxhall Cross near Vauxhall Bridge when the roads were blocked by demonstrators.
] As of 2017, it was estimated that nine people per day were being arrested for online speech within the UK, with five leading to convictions. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] In February 2021 a Scottish man from Lanark was arrested and subsequently convicted for an ''offensive tweet'' insulting (deceased) World War 2 veteran Thomas Moore , which read: “The ...
Essex Police said they had made more arrests at the scene and acknowledged the frustration faced by motorists. Around 20 protesters blocked roads in Thurrock on Wednesday morning (Insulate Britain/PA)
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's new government said on Friday it was dropping its predecessor's query of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) jurisdiction to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli ...
Anthony Arkwright is a convicted British spree killer who, over the course of 56 hours in August 1988, murdered three people in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire.Arkwright is also suspected of murdering a fourth person during his killing spree, the charge of which Arkwright's trial judge ordered to lie on file.
A court judgement six years later found the police guilty of wrongful arrest, assault and criminal damage. [11] 1994: Richard O'Brien died in Metropolitan Police custody. He was arrested while drunk, and held face down in a police van. An inquest returned a verdict of unlawful killing, but three officers charged with manslaughter were acquitted ...
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