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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by tssva on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:53PM (#28160690)
No where in the article does it say they charged him with anything.
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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by denton-scratch on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:02PM (#28160784)
I'm wrong - they didn't charge him. I don't know why I wrote that - I had read the article.

But they did arrest him.

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Re:Activist arrested by London police after downloading docs... by crimsoneer on Thursday August 12, 2021 @06:38PM (#28162516)
That's how the UK legal system works. An arrest is an investigative tool.
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