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Evening Standard
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Robert Firth

Peckham protesters who blocked asylum seeker coach heading to Bibby Stockolm barge cleared

From (L-R) Oliver Smith, Murray Kemp, Kerrica Kendall, Beatrice Davidson and Jacob Gower pose for photos outside Stratford Magistrates Court and Family Court in London - (Facundo Arrizabalaga)

Protesters who blocked a coach from taking asylum seekers from a London hotel to the Bibby Stockholm barge have been cleared of criminal charges.

Oliver Smith, 32, Murray Kemp, 29, Kerrica Kendall, 27, Beatrice Davidson, 22, and Jacob Gower, 23, were found not guilty of wilfully obstructing a highway at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

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