The duty of policing sure points of the protest, which was being held in Westminster, central London, fell to Insp Steve Parker-Phipps.

The court docket heard the inspector imposed a Part 35 order underneath the Crime and Policing Act 2014 when he thought a “right-wing group” might doubtlessly be attending.

Insp Parker-Phipps, whose laptop computer battery was “dying”, put the order in place at 10:00 GMT on 26 November, however unintentionally dated the shape for twenty-four November.

Mr Robinson’s defence lawyer, Alisdair Williamson KC, advised the court docket there had been a “litany of catastrophic errors” within the Met’s dealing with of the incident.

Questioning the inspector, Mr Williamson mentioned: “This doc shouldn’t be right is it?

“Can we’ve got any confidence that there was a lawful order in place?”

To which the inspector replied: “No.”