Eleven G20 campaigners are being prosecuted for impersonating police officers despite some being half-dressed and wielding toy machineguns.
Do these ladies look like cops to you?
The protesters, who call themselves the Space Hijackers, claim today it was obvious they were taking part in an April Fool’s Day joke as world leaders met in London on 1 April.
Yeah, those things tend to be done on the first of April. Why was it obviously a prank? Read on…
They were arrested as they drove an armoured personnel carrier through the City while playing Wagner’s Ride Of The Valkyries over a loudspeaker.
Leah Borromeo, 30, a freelance journalist who was wearing a riot helmet and boiler suit rolled down to the waist to reveal a black bra, said: “If I’m guilty of anything it’s of impersonating a stripper, not a police officer. Our lawyers never thought anyone would be charged because it is so ridiculous. It is a farcical case.”
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer decided they must face a four-day trial despite critics describing the charges as “a terrible abuse of power”.
It is farcical. It’s like something from a Carry On film. And a four day trial? Four days! Over doing nothing more than improving the gaiety of the capital.
The offence carries a maximum sentence of three months and the case has reportedly already cost the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.
Oh for fuck’s sake! Talk about breaking butterflies on the wheel with golden hammers paid for by the rest of us. Couldn’t they have spent that money persuing real criminals. You know muggers, rapists, burgulars that sort of thing.
Nah, too obvious. Lasses with a little tank are much easier game. BTW – it’s actually a scout car and not an APC.