Anti-Lockdown Protesters Who Shouted at BBC Journalist Sentenced

Martin Hockridge leaving court after receiving a 12-month community order for verbally abusing BBC journalist Nick Watt in June last year, at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, on Aug. 30, 2022. Stefan Rousseau/PA Media

A group of anti-lockdown protesters have been sentenced after verbally abusing a BBC journalist during a protest last year.

Djazia Chaib-Eddour, 44, Martin Hockridge, 58, Alexander Peat, 34, Christopher Aitken, 62, and Gary Purnell, 45, denied using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm, or distress, but were found guilty earlier this month following a trial.