“No case to answer” — Stansted 15 convictions quashed by Court of Appeal

Thacker & Ors v R. [2021] EWCA Crim 97 (29 January 2021), judgment here The Court of Appeal held today that a group of activists who broke into Stansted Airport in an act of protest should “not have been prosecuted” for an “extremely serious” terror-related offence under s.1(2)(b) of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act … Continue reading “No case to answer” — Stansted 15 convictions quashed by Court of Appeal