Cambridge anti-bloodsports news release Jan 10th 1996
Umpteenth CJA case thrown out of court
3 sabs acquitted as prosecution case falls apart
Three hunt protesters, two from East Northants Anti-Bloodsports, the other
a student at Churchill College, Cambridge, were acquitted of aggravated
trespass today at Leicester Magistrates Court as the prosecution case collapsed into a shambles. The case highlights yet again the ineffectiveness of the Criminal Justice Act, which was met with widespread
condemnation from civil liberties organisations when it became law in
November 1994.
The only two prosecution witnesses, out of a total of seven, who actually
claimed to have seen the defendants commit any offence not
only contradicted each other, but also contradicted the evidence given
subsequently by the police. The magistrates were moved to comment that the prosecution witnesses were ":less than reliable". Needless to say, the case brought by
Leicestershire CPS promptly collapsed.
CABS have hailed the victory as yet another nail in the coffin of a piece of dying
legislation, that has proved totally inneffective in its aim to wipe out
anti-hunt protest.
As long as there is hunting, there will be hunt saboteurs.
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