John Voysey pleads not guilty
Court appearance sees 'not guilty' plea from John Voysey
An eighty-two-year-old Quaker has pleaded not guilty to breaking the Census Act, saying he has a right to freedom of conscience. John Voysey, of Ludlow Meeting, refused to complete the census after the contract for running it was awarded to a division of multinational arms firm Lockheed Martin (see ‘Court for census boycotter’, 6 January).
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