Four Birmingham pub bombings campaigners cleared of breaking lockdown rules during rally
Four Birmingham pub bombings campaigners have been cleared of breaking lockdown rules during a rally.
But after a two-day trial District Judge Shamim Qureshi said they acted reasonably in the circumstances.The four were issued fixed penalty notices after a gathering involving between 15 and 20 people outside the West Midlands Police headquarters on the 46th anniversary of the bombings.
And he added: "The court sees nothing wrong in anything the four defendants did and therefore the court considers they fall within the reasonable excuse defence."Miss Hambleton, whose sister Maxine died in the 1974 attacks, cried and embraced her three co-defendants in the dock and outside the court she said she was "relieved that Judge Qureshi has seen sense".
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