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Violent protesters could be jailed within 24 hours as weekend clashes expected

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Violent protesters could be jailed within 24 hours under strict new government rules that would see a fast-track court system.

The proposed plans come as Black Lives Matter (BLM) and far-right demonstrations are expected this weekend. Anybody caught vandalising, causing criminal damage or assaulting police officers could be processed through magistrates' courts with extended opening hours quickly, according to The Times.

The paper suggests that Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Home Secretary Priti Patel have drawn up the plans based on the response to the 2011 London riots.

Scaffolding and boards were erected around the Cenotaph and Winston Churchill statue in Westminster on Thursday evening, following the monuments being vandalised

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