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Glasgow disability activists breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as prosecutors dropped charges against the Atos Two.
Student demonstrators Dominic O'Hara and Danny McGarell of the pressure group Glasgow Against Atos were due to appear in Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday following their arrests at a protest in February.
Mr O'Hara had faced a charge of assault with intent to resist arrest - a charge carrying up to 12 months' imprisonment - while Mr McGarell faced a charge of obstructing a police officer punishable by up to a month behind bars or a £1,000 fine.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
