Four defendants are set to appear in court on 16th March 2010 charged with section 4 of the Public Order Act in relation to the 2008 Carnival Against the Arms Trade.

The trial was scheduled for three and a half weeks

One case, for alleged criminal damage, was dropped

In the previous trials, for a demo police descibed as 'a riot', three activists were found guilty of minor charges and one person was found guilty of damaging the managing director's car (see  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/399714.html)

In the 2nd trial Chris Bluemel was found not guilty after the court ruled that he acted in self defence when he punched PC Duggan in the face. PC Duggan was assaulting Chris with a baton (see  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/431805.html)