Thanks divebuddy 'OBSTRUCTING A RAILWAY': THE 1861 RAIL LAW THE MIGRANT BROKE
Sudanese migrant Abdul Rahman Haroun was charged with 'obstructing engines or carriages on a railway' under Section 36 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861.
The precise wording of the offence is: 'Whosoever, by any unlawful act, or by any wilful omission or neglect, shall obstruct or cause to be obstructed any engine or carriage using any railway, or shall aid or assist therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.'
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