Senior lawyers question motives of attorney general, who says she could refer acquittal to court of appeal

Senior lawyers have accused the attorney general for England and Wales of politically-driven meddling after she announced she could refer the acquittal of the Colston Four to the court of appeal.

Suella Braverman said she was contemplating the highly unusual move after an outcry from Conservative MPs following the jury’s verdict on four Black Lives Matter protesters who toppled a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol.

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