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Two Burlington Defendants found guilty and fined today

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday January 27, 2003 19:02author by Eamonn C.

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Just heard this. Two SWP members were today found guilty of Public Order offences arising from the controversial PPP protests at the Burlington Hotel.

They recieved significant fines.

I Will update this page as I find out more about this

A Number of reports about the incident which took place in October 2001 are to be found towards the bottom of this feature archivepage. http://www.indymedia.ie/archives/arch4.html

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author by Phuq Heddpublication date Mon Jan 27, 2003 21:24author address author phone

Were they guilty of the Public Order offense of being assaulted by Gardai, or the Public Order offense of resisting assault?

author by Lukepublication date Mon Jan 27, 2003 23:05author address author phone

Justice done

author by Brian Whelanpublication date Mon Jan 27, 2003 23:41author address author phone

Hey .. fuck that shit .. I Got my charges dropped today. What's that all about ? No mention coz im not swp ??

author by diamondpublication date Tue Jan 28, 2003 03:30author address author phone

I would presume it's because he didn't know,not because of what organisations you may or may not be in. Congrats anyway



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