Covid-19: PPS opts not to prosecute over BLM protests
About 70 fines were issued at protests on 3 June in Belfast and on 6 June in Belfast and Derry.PPS assistant director Martin Hardy said the test for prosecution had not been met.
"It also involved a careful analysis of the particular circumstances of these protests and the conduct of the individuals reported. "This was on the basis that the evidence would allow the suspects to successfully raise the statutory defence of reasonable excuse.
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