Court chaos as 2,000 Pro Pals summoned on the same day

Almost 2,000 pro-Palestine protesters received a summons to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court  as police arrested 77 supporters outside. Daily court listings show 1,855 people charged with carrying a placard in Parliament Square supporting Palestine Action, a proscribed terror group, under the Terrorism Act. The defendants, many of them in their 60s and 70s, were told their cases have been adjourned until 26 October, pending the outcome of the appeal against the group’s proscription. Hundreds of protesters from the activist…