Tommy Robinson to be Charged Under Section Four

Gates of Vienna
January 14, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1069/tommy-robinson-to-be-charged-under-section-four

Excerpt:

We reported yesterday that the criminal charge against English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has been dropped. Mr. Robinson had been accused of assaulting a police officer when he grabbed the Black Flag of Jihad from one of the poppy-burning Muslim demonstrators on Remembrance Day.

The authorities seem to have realized that they would have been hard-pressed to gain a conviction under that charge. However, they have evidently not given up the idea of locking up Tommy Robinson, and have now decided to charge him under Section Four of the Public Order Act.

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