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United Kingdom: Green MP Caroline Lucas charged over anti-fracking protest
Posted by Guardian: Sandra Laville on September 25th, 2013
Guardian: The Green party MP, Caroline Lucas, defended her right to peacefully protest on Wednesday after it was announced she faced criminal charges over her part in an anti-fracking demonstration in Sussex.
Lucas spoke after the Crown Prosecution Service said it had carefully examined the evidence and decided it was in the public interest to charge the MP for obstructing the highway and failing to comply with a police request to move.
Officers arrested her last month during the protest against oil...
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United Kingdom: Caroline Lucas to be charged over anti-fracking protest
Posted by Guardian: Sandra Laville on September 25th, 2013
Guardian: The Green party MP Caroline Lucas is to be charged over her part in an anti-fracking demonstration in Sussex.
Lucas was arrested last month at Balcombe where campaigners have been protesting about oil drilling in the village amid fears that it could lead to fracking in the area.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Lucas was to be charged with breaching a police order on public assemblies and wilful obstruction of the highway.
Nigel Pilkington, a senior lawyer with the CPS, said: "After careful...