First people charged with supporting Palestine Action plead not guilty

The first people charged with supporting Palestine Action after it was banned as a terror group, including two in their 70s, have pleaded not guilty.

Jeremy Shippam from West Sussex, Judit Murray, Surrey, and Fiona Maclean, of Hackney, north-east London, are charged with displaying an article in a public place, arousing reasonable suspicion that they are a supporter of a proscribed organisation, under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

The court heard that they allegedly held placards reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action".

They denied the charges at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (16 September) - they've been bailed and told they'll face trial in March.

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