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campaigners who recently emerged from tunnels dug near Euston station have had breach of bail proceedings against them withdrawn in court.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hearing at Highbury Magistrates’ Court in north London on Monday, breach of bail proceedings against Sandford were withdrawn.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a brief hearing at Highbury Magistrates Court in north London today, breach of bail proceedings against Sandford were withdrawn.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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Daily Mail relates a story from Across the Pond about some judges who understand free speech. Good for them.
Judges have insisted that freedom of speech includes the right to offend in a landmark ruling which could help to turn the tide on woke intolerance after a feminist who called a transgender woman a pig in a wig and a man was cleared.
Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said: Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.
They added that free speech encompasses the right to offend, and indeed to abuse another . The judgment from two senior members of the judiciary will set a precedent for future cases involving freedom of speech.
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Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said: Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having. Pictured, supporters of Kate Scottow protesting outside court earlier this yearJudges have insisted that
freedom of speech includes the right to offend in a landmark ruling which could help to turn the tide on woke intolerance after a feminist who called a transgender woman a pig in a wig and a man was cleared.
Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said: