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High Court ruling hailed a ‘victory for women’ after judges find Met Police breached the rights of Sarah Everard vigil organisers
Reclaim These Streets founders (left to right) Henna Shah, Jamie Klingler, Anna Birley and Jessica Leigh celebrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after judges ruled that the Metropolitan Police beached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event
THE Metropolitan Police breached the rights of Clapham Common vigil organisers last year, two High Court judges ruled today in a decision hailed as a “victory for women.”
Campaign group Reclaim These Streets was forced to cancel the planned event in south London in March 2021 after the Met told them they would face a £10,000 fine.
Hundreds of mourners showed up in defiance of the police threats to pay their respects to Sarah Everard, who was raped and murdered by a serving police officer.
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