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17 plead not guilty over Stansted deportation protest

Defendants contest public order charges arising from protest that stopped a Home Office removal flight.

By Phil Miller
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Some of the defendants outside Chelmsford Magistrates Court Wednesday 3 May 2017
Some of the defendants outside Chelmsford Magistrates Court Wednesday 3 May 2017

Two journalists and fifteen protestors have pleaded not guilty to public order offences arising from a protest at Stansted Airport in March that stopped a deportation flight.

Chelmsford Magistrates Court heard on Wednesday that the flight had been due to deport around 50 migrants to Nigeria and Ghana, flanked by 100 guards.

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