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DENZEL CASSIUS HARVEY v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (2011)

PUBLISHED November 17, 2011
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[2011] EWHC 3992 (Admin)

In the absence of express evidence, a magistrates' court had been wrong to conclude that expletives used by a young man when being searched by police officers were capable of causing harassment, alarm or distress to the officers or bystanders. Accordingly, his conviction for a public order offence contrary to the Public Order Act 1986 s.5 was quashed.

QBD (Admin) (Bean J)

17/11/2011

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