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LONDON School of Economics lecturer and campaigner Lisa McKenzie said she was still “angry” after being found not guilty of public order charges brought by the Metropolitan Police in a trial that ended yesterday.
At Stratford magistrates’ court in east London, a judge found her not guilty and expressed “concern” over Dr McKenzie’s profiling by the police.
The former Class War parliamentary candidate was arrested in April and charged with three public order offences, including one of “criminal damage” after she allegedly glued a sticker to a window.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today