A man has been found guilty under new legislation designed to stop protesters attaching themselves to structures.
A man has been convicted of a new protesting offence following a demonstration at a greyhound race track.
Edward Allnutt has been convicted of going to Towcester Racecourse, Northamptonshire, equipped to lock onto railings. The case is thought to be one of the first in the country.Northamptonshire Police said it was called to Towcester Racecourse on 1 July 2023, the day of the annual English Greyhound Derby,
The police said the protest ended peacefully, but a small number of the group got onto the race circuit and tried to storm the track.Edward Allnutt, 42, Sasha Joliffe, 46, and Joseph Moss, 21, all of no fixed abode, were subsequently charged with obstructing or disrupting a person engaged in a lawful activity.
Ch Insp Pete Basham, who oversaw the policing of the protest, said: "It is always difficult securing convictions in the early days of new legislation as the judiciary are learning about the offences at the same time as we are, and there is no case law or previous rulings to guide them.
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