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A judge has dismissed a harassment charge against an activist after his accuser decided to stay away from court to scatter her mother's ashes in Greece.
Raja Miah, 50, had pleaded not guilty to a single charge of harassment without violence, namely that on four occasions he posted derogatory online comments about Gail Hadfield-Grainger between October 18, 2020, and November 11, 2021.
At Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning, Mr Miah's supporters cheered in the public gallery after a judge dismissed a 'hear-say' application for Ms Hadfield-Gainger's statement to be read out in her absence during the trial. The decision prompted prosecutors to offer no evidence in the case.
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District Judge Jane Hamilton told Mr Miah: "I dismiss the matter against you and you are free to go."
Ms Hadfield-Grainger became a campaigner following the death of her partner Anthony Grainger, who was unarmed when he was when he was shot in the chest by a single bullet from a Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun fired by a police marksman known only as Q9 in March 2012.
The 36-year-old was hit as he sat behind the wheel of a stolen red Audi in a car park in the village of Culcheth, near Warrington. Police believed he was part of a robbery team. Ms Hadfield-Grainger trained to become a lawyer.
Last week the judge administratively dismissed an application made by the prosecution to 'vacate' the trial date in Mr Miah's case. It meant the trial, scheduled to last two days, was expected to start today (Thursday).
Today, prosecutor Peter Williams made a 'hear-say' application for Ms Grainger's statement to be read out during the trial in her absence.
Mr Williams told
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