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1 week agoMen guilty of part in violent anti-asylum protest
Two men were convicted for violent disorder during a protest at an asylum hotel in Epping, Essex, which turned chaotic and violent.
However, she confirmed that the Crown Prosecution Service would be seeking a retrial of the six acquitted of aggravated burglary on the charges that the jury failed to reach verdicts on after more than 36 hours of deliberations. Heer told Mr Justice Johnson on Wednesday: As we indicated at the end of the trial, we now confirm the prosecution intention to seek a retrial in respect of all those allegations which no verdict was returned by the jury.
Ten people have been arrested after two men were stabbed in a violent brawl in the early hours. West Midlands Police were called to the scene in the Summer Lane area of Birmingham, near to the city centre, just before 5am on Saturday after two men in their twenties had sustained stab wounds, a spokesperson for the force said. They were taken to hospital with serious injuries and are in a stable condition.
Our post-event investigation is ongoing and officers have trawled through hundreds of hours of CCTV footage and continue to review evidence to help with enquiries. We have identified a number of people we want to speak to in connection with a range of offences and we are asking for the public's help to track them down We know people may have travelled from outside of London, so we're asking for people across the country to take a look at those pictured