1/1 A KEIGHLEY man has appeared in court charged with being one of the organisers of the ‘Unite the North’ anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown protest held in Bradford earlier this year. Amar Sattar, 35, of Fell Lane, Keighley, pleaded not guilty to the charge of holding or being involved in holding a gathering of more than 30 people on specific outdoor land in a Tier 4 area. The charge relates to the Unite the North protest held in Bradford city centre on March 27, when hundreds of people descended on the city from across the north to protest against Covid-19 lockdowns and the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.
1/1 A MAN who spat at a police detention officer while being held in a cell on suspicion of begging has been jailed for 24 weeks. Robert Hill hid under a blanket to stop the officer from monitoring him after he claimed to have taken an overdose, Bradford Crown Court heard last week. When the officer pulled the blanket off so that he could see him, Hill spat at him saying: “Next time I’ll punch you in the face.” Hill, 41, of Laisteridge Lane, Bradford, had 58 previous convictions for 123 offences, including begging, theft, battery, affray and having a bladed article. He pleaded guilty to assaulting the detention officer as an emergency worker by spitting at him at Trafalgar House Police Station on September 13 last year.