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By Press Association 2021
HS2 project
Two anti-HS2 campaigners who recently emerged from tunnels dug near Euston station have had breach of bail proceedings against them withdrawn in court.
Lachlan Sandford, 20, known as Lazer, was taken into police custody after he voluntarily left the network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London on Saturday.
During a brief hearing at Highbury Magistrates’ Court in north London on Monday, breach of bail proceedings against Sandford were withdrawn.
HS2 Rebellion protester Lazer Sanford (Luciana Guerra/PA)
Prosecutor Elgisa Ismaili instead requested to amend the activist’s bail conditions.
According to a court listing document, Sandford’s appearance related to court proceedings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court in November last year.
An anti-HS2 campaigner who handed himself to police after spending 11 days in tunnels beneath Euston Station has been ordered to stay away from all HS2 sites.
Lachlan Sandford, 20, known as Lazer, was taken into police custody after he voluntarily left the network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London on Saturday.
During a brief hearing at Highbury Magistrates Court in north London today, breach of bail proceedings against Sandford were withdrawn.
Prosecutor Elgisa Ismaili instead requested to amend the activist s bail conditions.
Lachlan Sandford, 20, known as Lazer, has been ordered to stay away from all HS2 sites at a brief hearing at Highbury Magistrates Court in north London today
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At the PCC, held earlier this month, the architect accepted he had pushed and shoved one victim and had spat on her.
However, Middlehurst argued that the assault had occurred during a ‘difficult and protracted matrimonial breakdown’, and was not relevant to his fitness to practise as an architect.
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He told the committee that his action had occurred ‘out of provocation’, stating that the victim had ‘attended uninvited at his studio late in the evening and began removing and damaging his property, including work-related computer equipment’.