Trial Set for McDonalds Protester!

Date for tri­al set for Cam­bridge pro­test­er. Sup­port appre­ci­at­ed!

The cam­paign­er who was arrest­ed under Sec­tion 5 of the Pub­lic Order Act in a McLi­bel anniver­sary protest in Cam­bridge (See http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401637.html for details and video) had his first hear­ing last Thurs­day. A tri­al date of the 15th Sep, 10.00 a.m. at Cam­bridge Mag­is­trates Court at 43 Haux­ton Road, Cam­bridge was set. The court set a full day tri­al for the case.

Date for tri­al set for Cam­bridge pro­test­er. Sup­port appre­ci­at­ed!

The cam­paign­er who was arrest­ed under Sec­tion 5 of the Pub­lic Order Act in a McLi­bel anniver­sary protest in Cam­bridge (See http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401637.html for details and video) had his first hear­ing last Thurs­day. A tri­al date of the 15th Sep, 10.00 a.m. at Cam­bridge Mag­is­trates Court at 43 Haux­ton Road, Cam­bridge was set. The court set a full day tri­al for the case.

The pros­e­cu­tion hand­ed over wit­ness state­ments and said they want­ed to use CCTV from McDon­alds as well as a Youtube video (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld3I4zVxc2A). Well, have a look and judge for your­self. What an evil dan­ger­ous protest, right?

The cam­paign­er is still await­ing his request for legal aid and so has no rep­re­sen­ta­tion at this time.

Sec­tion 5 of the Pub­lic Order Act basi­cal­ly is words or behav­iour like­ly to cause ‘harass­ment, alarm or dis­tress’ and as we all know hold­ing a plac­ard and express­ing your views in McDon­alds is very harass­ing, alarm­ing and dis­tress­ing and a ter­ri­ble crime!

Tri­al Date:
15th Sep, 10.00 a.m. at Cam­bridge Mag­is­trates Court at 43 Haux­ton Road, Cam­bridge – Sup­port Wel­come!