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UK drops prosecution of protesters over slain woman’s vigil

FILE - People leave floral tributes, at the band stand in Clapham Common, after a vigil for Sarah Everard was officially cancelled, in London, Saturday, March 13, 2021. British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered woman during the country's pandemic lockdown. The Crown Prosecution Service said Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 that cases against six people over the March 2021 vigil in memory of Sarah Everard had been dropped because “our legal test for a prosecution was not met.” (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - People gather, at the band stand in Clapham Common, in memory of Sarah Everard, after an official vigil was cancelled, in London, Saturday, March 13, 2021. British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered woman during the country's pandemic lockdown. The Crown Prosecution Service said Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 that cases against six people over the March 2021 vigil in memory of Sarah Everard had been dropped because “our legal test for a prosecution was not met.” (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)