Debbie Hicks, the anti-lockdown protestor who was arrested after filming an apparently empty ward in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital at the end of last year, is facing four separate prosecutions in Magistrates’ Court – mainly for participating in anti-lockdown protests – and she needs to raise more funds to pay for her legal defence. The first case is due to be heard on November 16th and all four will be heard this winter. She has set up a CrowdJusice fundraiser that you can contribute to here.
Debbie’s solicitor plans to move on to the High Court if she loses in the Magistrates’ Court, or if the Magistrates’ Court says it doesn’t have the jurisdiction to consider her cases. That could be expensive, but the cause at stake could not be more important. Here is an extract from a note her solicitor sent to me:
These really are important cases in respect of Freedom of speech and Freedom to protest as:
- Success at the High Court will set a precedent that protest is not, and never has been, completely illegal during the pandemic – even under lockdown.
- Debbie suspects that the prosecution’s ultimate aim is to obtain a criminal behaviour order against her thereby chillingly curbing her ability to protest in the future.
- There are still a large number of other citizens across the country who are being ‘unlawfully’ prosecuted or have been convicted – a successful outcome at the High Court will lead to a landslide of other cases crumbling and open avenues of appeal to others already convicted.
- While the Crown Prosecution Service may try and quietly drop the odd case here and there after defence representations and arguments are filed, this will only occur when a prosecution lawyer reviews the case reasonably and objectively and properly analyses the law which is confusing and opaque – and, as Debbie has found, this is not easy to achieve. Success at the High Court will mean the CPS will have to blanket review all such cases and, with a legal precedent set, this will force the CPS to discontinue all remaining prosecutions.
- Many ordinary citizens without a previous blemish on their record will currently have criminal records because they’ve been convicted of these types of offences. Success in the High Court could lead to an avalanche of appeals and convictions being overturned.
- Success at the High Court will add clarity to the law that protesters have a reasonable excuse to gather and are not therefore committing an offence and cannot be directed to disperse or leave by the police.
- While the prohibition of protests has now been dropped, legislation can always be amended again in the future. Who knows if further lockdowns are on the horizon. We only have to look to Australia as an example of a government completely abusing its powers against its own citizens. Success at the High Court in Debbie’s case will make it harder for our Government to suspend the right to protest again.
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First they came for the anti-lockdown protesters, and I did not speak out – because I was not a lockdown protester…
Then they came for the unvaccinated, and I did not speak out – because I was vaccinated…
Then they came for booster refuseniks, and I did not speak out – because I was a booster shot taker…
Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me.
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I met this lady outside Parliament yesterday. She is only the side of good. We all know who is only the side of evil
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17 County Ln, Warfield, Bracknell RG42 3JP
Saturday 30th October 2pm
SPECIAL STAND IN THE PARK WINDSOR with Yellow Boards
Alexander Park (near Bandstand) Stand in the Park
Barry Rd/Goswell Rd
Windsor SL4 1QY
Meet in the Park 2pm followed by walk to
Stand in the Town Centre By the Castle
About 2 hours in total.
Stand in the Park
Make friends – keep sane – talk freedom and have a laugh
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behind the Cockpit Path car park in the centre of the town
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Good cause.
Help someone who stands firm.
Pledge made.
“Evil triumphs when good men and women do nothing”.
She is one of a number of selfless heros who deserve our praise and support.
Who’s the quote by?
It’s a popular misquote, probably an adaptstion of this from Edmund Burke.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”
It makes a good point though. If we do nothing, evil will prevail.
Looks fake as fuck!
Debbie Hicks is 33 in numerology. Could be a freemason.
Absolutely.
There’s no way at least three police officers would be involved in arresting her when there’s so much violent crime happening, and the idea that British Bobbies would wear masks to hide their identities is laughable.
Only three rozzers!? Your British cops aren’t trying hard enough. See Victoria’s finest showing how it should be done. And there’s plenty more where that came from in the Victorian franchise of the Little Covid Shop of Lockdown Horrors
She should have glued herself to the M25.
Glad to see DS making a contribution to this
Out of interest. How did she keep getting arrested at protests, was she pushing herself forward or was she being targeted?
These controversial crowd funding things need an anonymous way to contribute. At some point in the future they will grab all the data and hunt us down. I’d suggest using Bitcoin and not requiring identifying details. That should make it a lot harder to come after people.
If they win, they’ll be hunting us down, anyway.
Done!
Keep up the great work folks.
Also, let’s all boycott any and every event or venue that demands the NHS app or a test result.
Why is it Lawyers never do anything for free?
I have to say I didn’t agree with her hospital filming stunt.
To be fair, some do. (Not many)
At least 2 Hypocrites liked her stunt. You claim its an intrusion & discrimination if some asks your excuse for not wearing a mask, but think nothing of abusing sick people’s privacy wondering around hospitals with a camera.
She literally filmed herself braking the law, then published the evidence on social media. Save your money, she’s got no defence & no chance.
Looks like the 77th can’t find people who can spell.
Clearly we are becoming a police state. She is heading for a show trial.
I’d like to learn more about her “crime” of filming an empty hospital ward.
I thought about going to my local hospital in the first lockdowns and trying to do the same thing, but I didn’t have the guts. She did.
Many of these hospitals were as empty as they have ever been in the fist six or so months of the lockdowns.
Even today, it would be interesting to see who is really being treated, what ages and what medial conditions they are being treated for.
It’s quite convenient that the hospitals have been off limits to journalists or citizen journalists for almost all of this pandemic.
The hospitals that we have all paid tax for over the years so should be entitled to walk round at any time.
Pledge made.
Pledge made. The amount pledged has doubled today, thanks DS for raising this.