Closely watched case stemming from 2020 protest incident involved rarely used section of Criminal Code
The Criminal Court on Wednesday acquitted five anti-government protesters indicted on charges of attempted violence against Her Majesty the Queen during an incident involving a royal motorcade in 2020.
The case stemmed from an event at the height of pro-democracy demonstrations in October 2020, in which a motorcade carrying the Queen was heckled as it drove past a group of protesters.
The case was being closely…
