{"id":89431,"date":"2021-03-23T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1156240"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:51:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:51:46","slug":"court-of-appeal-overturns-members-of-the-shrewsbury-24s-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/23\/court-of-appeal-overturns-members-of-the-shrewsbury-24s-convictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal overturns members of the Shrewsbury 24\u2019s convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the so-called Shrewsbury 24, who were convicted for picketing nearly 50 years ago, have won a bid to clear their names at the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Two dozen trade unionists who picketed during the 1972 national builders\u2019 strike were charged with offences including unlawful assembly, conspiracy to intimidate and affray for picketing, with 22 of them convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers representing 14 of the Shrewsbury 24, including The Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson, argued the destruction of original witness statements means their convictions are unsafe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"3RYZXaTSzqZVP5ig2up1E6vKVYBO45dJ7s6tLfE1HBIiDUayUu8PKmyd2qM9XO0cAh70svmfT8xSwrlGgxkkFMAnJCjoc\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excellent news! One travesty of justice finally put right after 48 years. Well done to the campaigners and the building workers who were so unjustly targeted, harassed, and imprisoned. RIP Des Warren my thoughts are with his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nqDSQCx8EV\">https:\/\/t.co\/nqDSQCx8EV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ruthedit <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.0\/72x72\/1f499.png\" alt=\"?\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> (@ruthedith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruthedith\/status\/1374322487069179906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They also claimed the broadcast of a documentary, Red Under The Bed, during the first of three trials in 1973 and 1974 was \u201cdeeply prejudicial\u201d as it would have \u201cprovoked panic in the mind\u201d of the jury.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embedded215612066\"><img src=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/6be8ed328775fcafb58a76cc8d0b12c8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgzMDAy\/2.15612066.jpg?w=640\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/6be8ed328775fcafb58a76cc8d0b12c8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgzMDAy\/2.15612066.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/6be8ed328775fcafb58a76cc8d0b12c8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgzMDAy\/2.15612066.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/6be8ed328775fcafb58a76cc8d0b12c8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjE2NTgzMDAy\/2.15612066.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" alt=\"Actor Ricky Tomlinson\" data-title=\"Shrewsbury 24 press conference\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jonathan Brady\" data-usage-terms=\"\" \/><figcaption>Actor Ricky Tomlinson (PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, the Court of Appeal allowed the appellants\u2019 challenge to their convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the decision at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Lord Justice Fulford said: \u201cThese 14 appeals against conviction are allowed across the three trials and on every extant count which the 14 appellants faced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge added: \u201cIt would not be in the public interest to order a retrial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- TRACKING START GA --><script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); 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