Tue Feb 21, 2023 – 1:11 pm ESTTue Feb 21, 2023 – 1:24 pm EST
(The Daily Sceptic) — Charges against two lockdown protestors have been dropped because pursuing them is “not in the public interest” – but the protestors may insist on going to court anyway so that the whole COVID lockdown debacle can be properly reviewed in a court of law.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided to discontinue its prosecution of two prominent Stroud activists, Marcus Blackett and Richard House, for allegedly breaking the Tier 4 lockdown regulations that were in force on January 9, 2021. The charge was that of “Participating in a gathering of more than two people in a public outdoor place in a Tier 4 area.”
According to the CPS’s “Notice of Discontinuance” dated February 14, 2023, this decision has been taken because “a prosecution is not needed in the public interest.” Marcus and Richard have the option of the case not being dropped, and are considering whether to go to court anyway so the important civil liberties issues surrounding their case fully aired in the public sphere.
In late 2020, the Stroud freedom group decided that something needed to
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