A large number of the people arrested at Fortnum and Mason have had their charges dropped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14189892
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Alison Saunders, chief crown prosecutor of CPS London, said: "I have decided that the cases against 109 individuals who were charged after protesting in Fortnum and Mason on 26 March should be discontinued.
"However, we will continue to pursue the other 30 cases through the judicial process."
The chief prosecutor said there was sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for the offence of aggravated trespass against all the defendants, but decided a prosecution was not necessarily in the public interest.
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Originally Posted by Flyboy
But the sentencing is inconsistent with what see in other cases. If we were to apply such precedents as this, the courts and prisons would be overflowing more than they are now. The yobs, who cause worse on a Friday and Saturday night, in city centres throughout the country, end up with a nominal fine and/or a few hours CPO,; very rarely are they sent to prison and almost never for sixteen months.
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It's very consistent with sentences for other charges of violent disorder. Acting in a group for a common illegal goal will always attract a higher sentence than single incidents.