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Tristan Kirk

Woman convicted under Covid laws for attending Sarah Everard vigil accuses Met Police of ‘power play’

Dania Al-Obeida attending the Sarah Everard vigil

(Picture: Reuters)

A woman who was fined for attending the vigil for murdered Londoner Sarah Everard has accused the Met Police of a “power play” by bringing criminal prosecutions and says intends to try to overturn her conviction.

Dania Al-Obeid left her home in Stratford to travel to the bandstand on Clapham Common on March 13 last year, fuelled by “anger and upset” at the kidnap, rape, and murder of Ms Everard at the hands of a serving Met officer.

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