Street preachers convicted

UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Apr 2017
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Street preachers convicted

Mike Overd

At the end of February, a judge stated that quoting the words of the Bible should ‘be considered to be abusive and is a criminal matter’.

This came about during the trial of two street preachers – Mike Overd and Michael Stockwell – who were convicted of a public order offence in Bristol. The case against a third man was dismissed.

Prosecutor Ian Jackson also told the court that ‘although the words preached are included in a version of the Bible in 1611, this does not mean that they are incapable of amounting to a public order offence in 2016.’

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