Supreme Court clears Boudica of terrorism in classic day for justice

Boudica’s rebellion was justifiable, the Supreme Court was told, because the Romans had acted so violently towards her
Boudica’s rebellion was justifiable, the Supreme Court was told, because the Romans had acted so violently towards her
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A mother of two from Norfolk walked free from the Supreme Court last night after being acquitted by a jury of committing terrorist acts involving the death of some 80,000 civilians and the sacking of three cities. By a margin of ten to one, the 50-strong jury accepted the argument that her trail of carnage down the A12 was a justified act of self-defence against “a rotten and illegitimate Roman government”.

Boudica, 2,000 (give or take), known in some quarters as Boadicea, pleaded not guilty to the charge under the Terrorism Act 2000 that between the first day of January 60 and January 62 she had “used action involving serious violence against persons, namely the inhabitants of Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium” in an attempt to