30 April,2011 06:32 AM IST | | Agencies
Three protesters who were planning on staging mock executions outside Westminster Abbey yesterday morning were arrested by Scotland Yard.u00a0Officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested 68-year-old Chris Knight, the leader of an anti-capitalist group the Government of the Dead, at his home south east London.
Upping the ante: Heavy security was seen around the Abbey.
Officials also arrested 20 other protesters. Pic/AFP
His partner Camilla Power and Patrick Macroidan, who was dressed as an executioner were all arrested. Police seized a guillotine which the trio were planning on using, which fellow activists yesterday insisted would still go ahead.
Posting on Facebook and Twitter, members said that the event, described as a "right royal orgy" with "rumpy pumpy and guillotines", would go on without the three. Following their arrests a fellow activist posted a video of the raid on YouTube.
