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minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOn Armistice Day, EDL protesters marched towards the Cenotaph (without permission) and launched fireworks that were intended to hit people and did strike policemen in the face. Let’s see if they get 5 years. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/11/world/far-right-protestors-disrupt-armistice-day-london/index.html
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt would be the maximum possible sentence for assault. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/outlines/assault/
On Armistice Day, EDL protesters marched towards the Cenotaph (without permission) and launched fireworks that were intended to hit people and did strike policemen in the face. Let’s see if they get 5 years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/11/world/far-right-protestors-disrupt-armistice-day-london/index.html
They should. Glad we agree then.
It would be the maximum possible sentence for assault.
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/outlines/assault/