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Court victory gives momentum to long struggle against London arms fair

Eight people have been found not guilty of using direct action to shut down one of the largest arms fairs in the world.

By Javier Gárate
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This article was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.

The activists celebrated when their not guilty verdict was announced outside the court on April 15. Credit: Waging Nonviolence/Andrew Dey.

After a week-long trial that ended on April 15, a judge from the Stratford Magistrate Court in London found me and seven co-defendants not guilty for our actions last September to shut down the Defence Security and Equipment International arms fair, or DSEI, on the basis that we were preventing a greater crime.

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