Yvette Cooper was warned Palestine Action article might prejudice trial

Yvette Cooper’s Palestine Action Article Risked Prejudicing Activists’ Trial

Former home secretary Yvette Cooper risked prejudicing the trial of six Palestine Action activists by writing an article justifying her decision to ban the group, the Guardian has revealed. The Crown Prosecution Service warned Cooper that her op-ed in the Observer last August might unfairly impact the outcome of an ongoing trial relating to a break-in at an Israeli-owned weapons factory. ​The activists were cleared of aggravated burglary at the …

Yvette Cooper was warned Palestine Action article might prejudice trial

CPS warned the article might risk prejudicing the criminal trial of activists from the group