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[Mirror by Ros Wynne-Jones] Leaning on his walking stick outside Tottenham magistrates court, the Reverend Paul Nicolson cuts a frail but determined figure.
At the age of 82, he has been summonsed for non-payment of council tax, with arrears and costs amounting to £1,016.
This Friday, he will tell the court he will not pay a penny of this money – until Haringey Council restores 100% council tax benefit for benefit claimants and the Government stops the Benefit Cap he believes is destroying his community.
“Civil disobedience is morally defensible,” he will say, “when the laws being highlighted are morally indefensible.”
The father of five, who has nine grandchildren, says he is prepared to go to jail for his beliefs.
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