Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
Sorry to keep on repeating this but it seems to have been misunderstood.

Insulting our dead is not a criminal offence, as distasteful and disgusting we may believe it to be.

In this case it that , in doing so, they also did, all of these:-

* three or more persons
* present together
* used or threatened
* unlawful violence
* so that the conduct of them (taken together) would cause
* a person of reasonable firmness
* present at the scene
* to fear for his or her personal safety.

Thus a section 2 offence, and that is what they have been charged with. If the prosecution cannot prove all these points, it appears, that a conviction will not be obtained.
In that case, hopefully they can be charged with 'inciting civil unrest' ... which surely constitutes an offence at the very least!