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After that time elapsed, you would still need to petition the court.

"I fully accept that you are profoundly concerned about the time that has now elapsed - seven years - between the first report to Operation Stringent and where the investigation now sits," she wrote.

Metropolitan Police counter-terror officers assessed the "kill your MP" footage but said the group would face no further action, partly because the time limit for prosecution had elapsed.

When Beirne won the breakdown penalty in its wake, 19 seconds had elapsed.

The court was told that one minute and 23 seconds elapsed between the officers arriving and Mr Burgess being Tasered.