More people charged with Terrorism Act offences linked to Palestine Action support

A group of 47 more people have been notified of charges against them as officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command continue to investigate those arrested and suspected of showing support towards the proscribed group Palestine Action in central London during July and August.

This brings the total number of people charged with an offence of showing support to Palestine Action in London to 114.

The latest group of 47 people to be charged were all previously arrested in the capital on Saturday 19 July. The charges were authorised against them by the Crown Prosecution Service and all 47 people have been notified of these via postal charge requisition (PCRs). They are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in late October.

Detective Chief Superintendent Helen Flanagan, Head of Operations at the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said: “We are quickly and efficiently investigating those arrested for showing support towards Palestine Action and working closely with our colleagues in the CPS, we anticipate further charging decisions through this week and beyond.

“We fully recognise people’s right to demonstrate peacefully, and thousands continue to protest in support of Palestine without breaking counter terrorism laws. I would therefore urge anyone considering coming out and showing support to Palestine Action to reconsider, otherwise you will very likely be arrested, investigated and we’ll work with the CPS to bring about prosecutions.

“For those people now charged, if convicted, they are facing potentially serious consequences that could impact on their careers and their ability to travel overseas.”

The consequences for those charged with offences under section 13 of the Terrorism Act (TACT) include:

• A maximum sentence of six months’ imprisonment.
• The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will have a record of a person’s TACT conviction, and this will be seen by employers who use DBS to carry out checks on staff or new applicants. The existence of a TACT conviction may be seen by employers as grounds for a refusal to employ a person or to dismiss them.
• Universities also carry out DBS checks, and may refuse entry to courses to those with terrorism convictions.
• Any application to visit another country usually requires a declaration of criminal convictions. A TACT conviction will be a potential bar to entry to countries including the US, Australia, Japan, and from 2026 when the ETIAS system is introduced, countries of the European Union.
• If a person is a member of a professional body, they may face disciplinary proceedings and potentially removal from the profession.

Note to media:

The details of the 47 people - [LXVIII] through [CXIV] - issued with PCRs are below. They are all charged with an offence contrary to section 13 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 and are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ court on either 27 October or 28 October.

[LXVIII] Virginia Herbert (20.10.1947), of Wallingford, Oxfordshire

[LXIX] Esther Kaner (16.12.1977), of Reading

[LXX] Leon Kosogorin (23.10.2006), of Nottingham

[LXXI] Alex Holding (04.12.1996), of Hackney, East London

[LXXII] Patricia Fitzmaurice (16.11.1960), of Norwich

[LXXIII] Austin Walsh (19.03.1964), of Bromley, South East London

[LXXIV] Toby Luke Ellwood (26.12.2004), of Leeds

[LXXV] Phillip de Klerk (28.10.1975), of Rutland

[LXXVI] Alice Clack (07.11.1975), of Kensington and Chelsea, West London

[LXXVII] Marie Walsh (12.04.1953), of Didcot, Oxfordshire

[LXXVIII] Fatima Ali (04.08.2006), of Lewisham, South East London

[LXXIX] Peter Frankental (09.05.1957), of Waltham Forest, East London

[LXXX] Richard Scroop (04.02.1947), of Wolverhampton

[LXXXI] Philipus Jacovus Bakker (07.11.1954), of Banstead, Sutton

[LXXXII] John Blanco (29.03.1949), of Lewisham, South East London

[LXXXIII] Della Wolf (22.04.1963), of Oxford

[LXXXIV] Amanda Caroline Griffin (27.01.1954), of Wallingford, Oxfordshire

[LXXXV] Rebecca Narracott (09.09.1977), of Norwich

[LXXXVI] April Elizabeth Jones (08.04.1978), of Oxford

[LXXXVII] Hannah Hunt (28.01.1999), of Brighton

[LXXXVIII] Gabriella Ditton (26.01.1994), of Norwich

[LXXXIX] Martin Oddsocks (29.11.1959), of Shrewsbury

[XC] Gillian Fletcher (30.05.1962), of Hackney, East London

[XCI] Stephen Stone (01.12.1958), of Norwich

[XCII] Matthew Lumley (15.10.1961), of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham

[XCIII] Heather Cooper (02.01.1965), of Beckley, East Sussex

[XCIV] Jacqueline Mary Dempsey (23.04.1954), of Bournemouth

[XCV] Thomas Barber (26.02.1960), of Nottingham

[XCVI] Carol Archer (25.01.1950), of Camden, North West London

[XCVII] Giovanna Lewis (15.06.1957), of Portland, Dorset

[XCVIII] Isabel Walters (04.11.1956), of Huddersfield

[XCIX] Peter Clarke (09.08.1952), of Brighton

[C] Rupert Kenyon (18.11.1978), of Haringey, North London

[CI] Edward Thacker (24.06.1989), of Haringey, North London

[CII] Jan William van der Knapp (01.01.2000), of Haringey, North London

[CIII] Yvonne Hayward (14.11.1943), of Lewisham, South East London

[CIV] Mia Hinds (19.10.2006), of Sampford Peverell, Devon

[CV] Andrew Dames (28.11.1961), of Cambridge

[CVI] Rose Leonard (17.12.1961), of Cheltenham

[CVII] Michael Sackur (25.11.1997), of Reading

[CVIII] Geraldine James (07.04.1963), of Plymouth

[CIX] Olivia Burnett (15.07.2002), of Leeds

[CX] Racheal Wakeman (10.04.1960), of Nottingham

[CXI] Peter Strauss (15.12.1958), of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

[CXII] Tessa Roe-Stanton (03.02.2004), of Lewisham, South East London

[CXIII] Susan Edwards (09.04.1957), of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

[CXIV] Michelle Macdonagh (29.05.1987), of Stroud, Gloucestershire