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Tristan Kirk

Met Police opposition to Sarah Everard vigil on Covid-19 grounds ‘silenced’ campaigners, High Court told

Sarah Everard (Family Handout/CPS/PA)

(Picture: PA Media)

The Metropolitan Police breached human rights and hampered efforts to tackle violence against women when it opposed a vigil for murdered Londoner Sarah Everard, the High Court has been told.

An organised vigil on Clapham Common was planned for March 13 last year, but had to be cancelled when Scotland Yard declared it would break Covid-19 rules and expose those in charge to £10,000 fines.

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