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Activists who halted deportation flight plead not guilty
SEVENTEEN activists pleaded not guilty in court yesterday after they prevented a deportation flight from leaving Stansted Airport by locking themselves to the wheel of a plane.
Nine women and eight men were charged with obstructing a person engaged in lawful activity and taking part in a demonstration likely to obstruct Stansted Airport.
The defendants appeared at chelmsford magistrates’ Court and were bailed until their trial on September 22.
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