UPDATE: 532 arrested during protest policing operation
The total number of people arrested during the policing operation in central London on Saturday has been confirmed as 532.
The total number of people arrested during the policing operation in central London on Saturday has been confirmed as 532.
Three people have been charged under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Phillips was arrested after a series of interactions with undercover officers, whom Phillips believed were Russian agents.
The defendant was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 23 May 2024 after he caught a flight back from Turkey.
Those who see this as an opportunity to test the limits of the law by expressing support for Palestine Action will likely be committing an offence and will very likely be arrested.
Approximately £1 million of damage was caused after two units in an industrial estate in Leyton were deliberately set alight.
Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command linked him to an X account posting statements in support of Hamas and Hizballah.
The prosecution, believed to be the first of its kind, followed an investigation by detectives from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.
He has been taken into police custody
Acting Deputy Commissioner Jukes will begin his new job on Monday, 26 May.
It follows an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command
The defendant is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 21 May at 10:00hrs.
The defendant is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 20 May.
An 34-year-old was arrested this morning, Monday, 19 May, in the Chelsea area, SW3
The 21-year-old remains in police custody
The group were sentenced to a combined total of more than 50 years in jail at the Old Bailey on 12 May.
Following a three-month trial at the Old Bailey, two women and a man were found guilty of conspiring to obtain information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to Russia.
The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team is gathering evidence in relation to alleged war crimes in Ukraine in support of the ICC investigation