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Students face £25k fine for university sit-in
Two await court ruling after Birmingham occupation

Two students who helped occupy a Birmingham University building face being slapped with a fine of up to £25,000 in court today.

Simon Furse and Hattie Craig could be ordered to pay the university's security and legal costs by a judge at Birmingham civil courts.

University bosses served them with an injunction on Friday which, if upheld, could see protest on the campus banned for 12 months.

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