Incarcerated activist and media owner has been on trial for more than two years on national security charges

• Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

As has become usual with these national security cases, there is a large police presence outside the West Kowloon district court.

It’s about two hours from the verdict hearing beginning, and there are officers in plain clothes and uniform everywhere, as well as a massive press pack. Smaller than I have seen before, however, is the queue for the general public.

They want to put him in prison.