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Tory under fire for claiming jury’s acquittal of the Colston four ‘undermined the rule of law’
‘The jury system is the cornerstone of the justice system,’ Liam Walker QC, a barrister who represented one of the defendants, says
Protesters throwing a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in June 2020
PROMINENT Tory Robert Jenrick came under fire today after claiming that a jury’s acquittal of the Colston four “undermined the rule of law.”
The former cabinet minister and several other Conservative MPs expressed anger after the four protesters were cleared of criminal damage over the toppling of the Bristol statue of slaver Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration in June 2020.
Mr Jenrick tweeted: “We undermine the rule of law, which underpins our democracy, if we accept vandalism and criminal damage are acceptable forms of political protest. They aren’t. Regardless of the intentions.”
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