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Nathan Hennebry outside Glasgow Sheriff Court after he was found not guilty by a jury following a two-day trial
A YOUNG communist was cleared of charges brought against him by police today almost two years after his arrest at the Cop26 protest in Glasgow.
Glasgow Young Communist League (YCL) secretary Nathan Hennebry had been the only one of over 50 arrests made during the course of the world summit held in the city in 2021 who went on to face trial.
The Crown argued that he held a flare in a manner which could have caused injury to Police Scotland officers at the protest, but their case foundered when two police witnesses to the trial produced different accounts of the incident.
The Morning Star here publishes a speech that would have been given by Stop the War officer and longtime NEU and NUT activist Alex Kenny on the eve of the verdicts handed to Chris Nineham and Ben Jamal this week. He also explains why he couldn’t give it
Our charter’s demands for fair pay, affordable housing and environmental security will recruit working-class youth into the political struggle for socialism, emulating the success of the Women’s Charter, writes YCL general secretary GEORGINA ANDREWS
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
