‘Lockdown interfered with my human rights’

An artist broke lockdown because it ‘interfered’ with his human rights, a court heard. Alexander Heaton, 36, was arrested at Hyde Park on May 16 in the same ‘freedom movement’ protest as Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers, 73. Dressed in a short-sleeve shirt the self-described painter, draftsman and sculptor – who has had work exhibited in the Saatchi gallery – decried the ‘hypocrisy’ of his arrest. Prosecutor Misba Majid said: ‘It’s a protest that took place in the context of the…