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Birmingham pair handed protest ban
Students bailed until May on disorder charge

Two students charged with violent disorder after taking part in a demonstration at Birmingham University were bailed yesterday and will return to court on May 23.

Simon Furse and Kelly Rogers were arrested with 12 others students after being kettled on a rooftop for over four hours on Wednesday evening.

The pair were initially refused bail and appeared at Birmingham magistrates' court in the afternoon.

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