Three Charged After Protest Stops Coach Taking Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Published on May 4, 2024

Three people have been charged after protesters blocked a coach set to take asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge. Police said they were called at around 8.40 a.m. on Thursday to reports of people obstructing a coach, which was parked outside a Best Western Hotel in Peckham, south-east London. A total of 45 people were arrested after officers were assaulted while trying to stop the protesters from obstructing the coach, the Metropolitan Police said. Three people were charged with obstruction of the highway. They are Callum Goode, 24, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire; Jony Cink, 24, of Southwark; and Indea Barbe-Wilson, 31, of Lewisham. Goode and Cink are expected to appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, however, the Met Police were unable to specify on what date....

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