Six convicted of abusing BBC Newsnight journalist during protest

Five men and a woman who verbally abused a BBC journalist at a protest have been convicted of a public order offence, according to police.

A court previously heard how members of the group intimidated Newsnight’s political editor Nicholas Watt during the politically charged incident in Whitehall on 14 June 2021.

Crowds had gathered to protest against the government’s four-week extension of coronavirus restrictions in England.

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