{"id":32912,"date":"2024-01-25T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T12:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=32912"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:07:52","slug":"christian-arrested-for-preaching-receives-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/christian-arrested-for-preaching-receives-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian arrested for ‘homophobic’ preaching receives compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Man arrested for preaching on the street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Christian street preacher has received \u00a35,500 in compensation from Police Scotland for being wrongfully arrested in connection to an unfounded homophobic ‘hate crime’ incident.<\/p>\n

Angus Cameron, a former pastor at Cumnock Baptist Church, was detained for over an hour in Glasgow while preaching on Buchanan Street in January 2022.<\/p>\n

Additionally, he was awarded \u00a39,400 in legal costs, and he chose to donate the entire amount to the Christian Institute, which supported him throughout the case.<\/p>\n

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Victory for free speech<\/h2>\n

Angus Cameron’s situation is the latest in a series of wins for street preachers.<\/p>\n

In July 2016, we reported that Michael Overd was arrested in Broadmead Shopping Center in Bristol. He and his fellow preacher, Mike Stockwell, were accused of \u2018religious aggravated public order offence\u2019 in February 2017. The pair were convicted in what we described as a biased magistrates court, and were duly acquitted on appeal to the Crown Court.<\/p>\n

In 2019<\/b><\/a>, Oluwole Ilesanmi faced a similar incident in London due to complaints about his preaching. He was arrested on accusations of ‘Islamophobia,’ driven four miles in a police car, then released on the side of the road.\u00a0 He received \u00a32,500 from the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in 23rd April 2021, CBN News reported that Pastor John Sherwood was arrested while preaching in an open air in Uxbridge, West London. He was accused of a criminal act for preaching what the word of God teaches about marriage. However, a year later, he was acquitted and cleared of all charges.<\/p>\n

As much as there have been a number of wins recorded in the last few years, the battle is not over. It still seems it is easier for the police to arrest a preacher when they receive a complaint rather than to explain the principle of freedom of speech to the complainer. Senior police need to take action to stop this absurdity.<\/p>\n

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Stephen Green outside Uxbridge Magistrates Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In our own case, Christian Voice National Director, Stephen Green, faced trial in Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Friday 19th January 2024 for displaying a Bible verse outside an abortion facility inside a \u2018buffer zone\u2019 in Ealing in London.<\/p>\n

Stephen stood with a placard displaying Psalm 139:13, which says, in the King James version presented to King Charles at his coronation in May: Psa 139:13\u00a0 For thou hast possessed my reins <\/strong>(= kidneys, insides): thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is forbidden, under an Ealing Council ‘Public Spaces Protection Order’, to demonstrate either for or against abortion in the vicinity of the Marie Stopes abortion centre in Mattock Lane, W5. We say our verse is about human development in the womb, and challenge Ealing to say what relevance it has to abortion. In addition, we say there should be nowhere in the United Kingdom where the Bible may not be read in its entirety. Judge Burgess is expected to give her judgment on Thursday 1st February 2024.<\/p>\n

The Bible says,
\nMark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (KJV)<\/b><\/p>\n

Read our related articles here:<\/h2>\n

Buffer Zone trial 19th January 2024 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Buffer Zone Consultation: How to respond. \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Police Told: Let Preachers Preach \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Bristol preachers acquitted on appeal \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Magistrate who convicted preachers is Freemason \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Street preacher convicted \u2013 and now acquitted! \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Read and pray<\/h2>\n

READ<\/strong>: Proverbs 11:30; Matthew 9:36\u201338; Rom 10:14\u201315; 1 Corin 2:1\u20135; 2 Corin 5:20; 1 Peter 3:15
\nPRAY<\/strong>: for Christians across the UK upholding the faith.
\nPray for those prosecuted
\nPray for street preachers<\/p>\n

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