Lawyer prosecuted for telling jury about the law. Sounds like a repressive dystopia without rule of law, doesn't it?
You're right. It's the UK, where top human rights barrister #RajivMenon KC faces contempt of court proceedings. This has a "chilling effect" across the British bar.
#Menon is accused of violating the judge’s orders in the trial of the #Filton6 #PalestineAction activists who broke into an Israeli-owned #Elbit arms factory near Bristol in 2024.
#JonathanCook | Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Rajiv Menon KC: "Obviously, if you agree with the judge’s opinion, you may adopt it. But the opposite is equally true. If you don’t agree with the judge’s opinion, you may reject it. That is your right. That is your privilege, as jurors, because I repeat, you are the sole judges of the facts. Nobody, not even His Lordship, can direct you to convict in this case. So that’s what I say about criminal damage."
Claire McNab
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