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11-18-2005, 11:49 AM
didn't know where to put this so I plonked it here, kinda fits.
Fine protest relies on 1689 law
A pensioner has invoked the 1689 Bill of Rights to fight against a parking fine from Worcester city council.
Robin de Crittenden, 67, argues that the law protects people from having to pay fines until convicted by a court.
"The purpose of this challenge is to put the politicians back in their kennels by requiring them to obey the law that regulates Parliament itself."
Mr Crittenden is fighting the £60 fine at the National Parking Adjudication Service, the Press Association reports.
The Bill of Rights dates from the reign of William and Mary, after James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution.
In part, it reads: "All grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void".
Story from BBC NEWS:
Fine protest relies on 1689 law
A pensioner has invoked the 1689 Bill of Rights to fight against a parking fine from Worcester city council.
Robin de Crittenden, 67, argues that the law protects people from having to pay fines until convicted by a court.
"The purpose of this challenge is to put the politicians back in their kennels by requiring them to obey the law that regulates Parliament itself."
Mr Crittenden is fighting the £60 fine at the National Parking Adjudication Service, the Press Association reports.
The Bill of Rights dates from the reign of William and Mary, after James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution.
In part, it reads: "All grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void".
Story from BBC NEWS: