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Case against three GMB officers accused of obstructing highway collapses

THE case against the so-called “GMB three” accused of wilful obstruction of the highway dramatically collapsed today.

Three of the general union’s officers were arrested in May last year during a lawful industrial dispute with waste management company Biffa in Wealden, East Sussex.

But they were found not guilty at Brighton Law Courts today after the crown put forward no evidence.

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