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WESTMINSTER magistrates’ court has revoked an arrest warrant for a Sri Lankan army officer just days after it was issued, in what may become a major diplomatic row.
On Monday, the court convicted Brigadier Priyanka Fernando in absentia of public order offences he committed while stationed in London as a military attache at the Sri Lankan embassy.
The soldier was caught on camera repeatedly making slit-throat gestures at Tamil protesters outside the high commission last year, causing them “harassment, alarm and distress.”
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
