Re: Criminal Trespass

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:35:11 +0000, Alasdair <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I thought that trespass was a tort and not a crime but I see that the
people who climbed on to the roof of the House of Commons were charged
with a crime. How come?

The law was changed recently, after fathers for justice invasions I
think, to make tresspass of certain properties a criminal offence.
Parliament is one of the specified places. Downing Street, Buckingham
Palace etc will be amongst the others.
There are signs warning that tresspass is a criminal offence by the
entances to Parliament. Obviously didn't work the other day.
.