Section 14 - Guilty: 17/06/21

Charge
Outcome
Court date

Court:

 

City of London Magistrates’ – Court 2

Hearing date:

 

Thursday, 17th June 2021

Bench (DJ or JPs)

 

Lay Bench

Charged with:

 

Breached S14 on 1/9/20 at Parliament Square

Represented by:

 

Self

Please outline key points in prosecution and defence cases.

 

Defendant did not question the S14, he did not question the arrest. It’s a mystery why A.C. Rolfe was called (on cvp).

Defendant was there to tell the government that he had worked for 20 years in Africa, initially for oil companies, latterly with wind turbines. He had seen the effects of the climate emergency first hand. The government needed to be told, even if he had to be arrested.

That was his case, pure and simple. He had his own necessity, not the law’s.

 

 

Was defence evidence submitted in writing?

 

Yes

Did defence witness(es) give evidence in person? Were they cross-examined?

Yes.

Yes

What was the verdict,
sentence, costs?

 

Guilty

6 mths c/d; £500 costs; £22 v/s
“Once an S14 is in place and you ignore it, you are breaking the law”.

Please add anything else relevant.