Three protesters who were planning on staging mock executions outside Westminster Abbey yesterday morning were arrested by Scotland Yard.
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.
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