Mary Kelly found guilty, sentencing tomorrow

national | anti-war / imperialism | news report Thursday October 28, 2004 19:50 by Observer

The jury in Mary Kelly's trial have just returned after three hours with a "guilty" verdict, ten to two. Sentencing will be tomorrow. The judge had directed the jury to ignore anything Mary had tried to say about the US military and Iraq. To further ensure a conviction he told them that a threat would need to be "immediate" for someone to have a lawful excuse to damage property.

The jury had an almost impossible task. Two of them still had the sense to work it out for themselves (how can you ignore the Iraq war?!!).