The public gallery erupted with cheers and applause as the defendants were cleared following a landmark trial
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The case has been adjourned until 4 January, when the jury will hear closing speeches from the prosecution and defence, as well as the judge’s summing up of evidence.
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The monument brought Bristol ‘face to face with painful, shameful aspects’ of its past, the court heard.
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