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BBC News Published image copyrightKristian Buus/Getty Images image captionThe "Stansted 15" tried to stop an aircraft being used to deport people to Africa (one of the 15 did not make the photo call in time) Protesters who broke into Stansted Airport to stop a plane deporting people to Africa have won an appeal against their convictions. The group, known as the Stansted 15, cut through the perimeter fence and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet in 2017. The Lord Chief Justice said they "should not have been prosecuted for the extremely serious offence". A spokesman for the Crow...

A GROUP of protestors taken to court after preventing a deportation flight from taking off at Stansted have had their convictions overturned on appeal. The so-called Stansted 15 cut through the airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet chartered by the Home Office to transport people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa. They were later convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court of an offence arising out of the March 2017 incident. Three were given suspended jail sentences and the other 12 were handed community orders. The group were...

BBC News Published image copyrightKristian Buus/Getty Images image captionThe "Stansted 15" tried to stop an aircraft being used to deport people to Africa (one of the 15 did not make the photo call in time) Protesters who broke into Stansted Airport to stop a plane deporting people to Africa have won an appeal against their convictions. The group, known as the Stansted 15, cut through the perimeter fence and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet in 2017. The Lord Chief Justice said they "should not have been prosecuted for the extremely serious offence". A spokesman for the Crow...

By Press Association 2021 Six members of the 'Stansted 15' outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London Protesters taken to court after preventing a deportation flight from taking off from Stansted Airport have had their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal. The so-called “Stansted 15” cut through the Essex airport’s perimeter fence in March 2017 and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet chartered by the Home Office to transport people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa. They were convicted ...

Published: 7:52 PM January 29, 2021    Updated: 8:37 PM January 29, 2021 Six members of the so-called Stansted 15 outside the Royal Courts of Justice after their convictions were overturned. Left to right are May MacKeith, Ben Smoke, Helen Brewer, Emma Hughes, Mel Evans and Ruth Potts - Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire Protestors who stopped a deportation flight bound for Africa taking off from Stansted Airport have won an appeal against their convictions. The group, dubbed the "Stansted 15", cut through the perimeter fence in March 2017 and locked themselves together around the Boeing 767 j...