‘Stansted Fifteen’ charges quashed

‘There’s been a trend of using this type of legislation across Europe so to have it thrown out is really good.'

by Rebecca Hardy 5th February 2021

The ‘Stansted Fifteen’ protestors have won their appeal against terrorism-related convictions for stopping a deportation flight from taking off in March 2017. The verdict came on 29 January when the Court of Appeal said: ‘The appellants should not have been prosecuted [under this act]… There was, in truth, no case to answer.’