SHREWSBURY 24 WIN 50 YEAR CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN JUSTICE
Whilst it is only right that these convictions are overturned, it is a sorry day for British justice.
Ricky Tomlinson and other members of the so-called ‘Shrewsbury 24’ who were jailed for picketing nearly 50 years ago have won their bid to clear their names at the Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal has ruled on appeals against conviction on behalf of 14 members of the "Shrewsbury 24" who were convicted for unlawful assembly, conspiracy to intimidate or affray after picketing building sites in Shrewsbury in the 1972 national builders' strike.