Protests organiser faces £10,000 fine

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Dec 2020, 15:01 BST
Police lead a man away during an anti-lockdown protest in Parliament Square central London. Pic: PAPolice lead a man away during an anti-lockdown protest in Parliament Square central London. Pic: PA
Police lead a man away during an anti-lockdown protest in Parliament Square central London. Pic: PA
The organiser of anti-lockdown protests in which five police officers were injured and 29 people were arrested faces a fine of £10,000.

The woman was identified as the organiser of the demonstrations in which more than 150 people gathered on Saturday and marched through parts of central London.

Several clashes occurred between officers and unmasked demonstrators.

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The Met said that the protest “endangered the health of Londoners” and that those arrested had been charged with breaching Health Protection Regulations.

Three men were also charged with assaulting an emergency worker. Christmas Fallah, 35, Joss Lillis, 27, and Leon Larose, 28, will appear in court in the new year. The majority of the other 26 people arrested were issued with fixed penalty notices for breaching Health Protection Regulations.

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