A SOMERSET man has been charged and will appear in court after a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London.
48-year-old Martin Prady, of Birch Road, Martock, Somerset, is accused of obstructing a constable in the execution of their duty.
Prady is due to attend Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on March 4.
In total, 12 people were arrested for a string of alleged offences, including inciting racial hatred, suspicion of support for a proscribed organisation in relation to a placard and assaulting emergency workers.
Five of the arrested have been bailed, while the others face no further action, the Metropolitan Police said.
Tens of thousands are thought to have been at Saturday’s demonstration, with Scotland Yard saying the “overwhelming majority” were peaceful and acted lawfully.
Protesters met at the south of Park Lane, holding banners calling for a “ceasefire now” and chanting “free, free Palestine”, before congregating outside the Israeli embassy where speeches were made.
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