The BBC reports that Mark Barrett has been convicted of demonstarting unlawfully, under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, and has been fined £250.
UPDATE: It seems that Mark has also been landed with £250 of costs as well, i.e. £500 in total.
Mark says in an interview with BBC London, that he will not pay the fine, and is prepared to go to prison if necessary, to defy this bad law.
You can see a RealMedia video clip of the report on the BBC website..
The BBC London reporter Guy Smith did a "now I am outside the 'Exclusion Zone' , now I am inside it" piece at the southern end of Lambeth Bridge , with the Houses of Parlaiment in the background.. Actually, we think that he was within the Desiganted Area in both camera positions.
The graphic of the extent of the Designated Area (again referred to as the "Exclusion Zone") also managed to miss out the western loop around the MI5 amd Northern Ireland Office buildings.
There was stock footage of the violent Countryside Alliance demonstration which was, of course, one where only a section of the crowd turned violent on the day, partly due to the weak police presence at the time, something which could never have been predicted by the organisers, 6 days in advance. In contrast, there was footage of the weekly peaceful Sunday picnic in Parliament Square Gardens (which starts between 1pm and 1.30pm), showing nothing more violent than a cup of tea.
Another few soundbites from a Human Rights lawyer and overall quite reasonable publcity from the BBC - thanks for the link back to this website.