Five protestors charged after demonstration at London Waterloo Station

Five people who were arrested after a demonstration at London Waterloo Station last Saturday, 18 November, have now been charged with public order offences.

British Transport Police were made aware that a demonstration had been planned to take place inside the station. As a result, the Police obtained consent to enforce a Section 14a order at London Waterloo Station under the Public Order Act 1986.

The order had been sought because of the significant disruption the demonstration was likely to cause to the rail network and the safety of the public.

At about 4 pm on Saturday, 18 November, a large crowd of protestors had begun to assemble inside Waterloo Station. Protest liaison officers who were present at the scene informed those in attendance that a prohibition order had been obtained and was in place.

From the assembled protestors, five people were subsequently arrested for breaching the prohibition order, and each has been charged with two public order offences under Section 14b and Section 14c of the Public Order Act 1986 (as amended in 2022). The persons charged are:

• Pia Lu Bastide, 29 years old of Drayton Road, Leytonstone in East London;
• Paul Sheeky, 48 years old of Tynedale Avenue, Crewe in Cheshire;
• Callum Goode, 24 years old of Compton Street, Ashbourne in Derbyshire;
• Abigail Percy-Ratcliff, 24 years old of Drayton Road, Leytonstone in East London;
• Fraser Peter Graham, 27 years old of Windmill Close, Canterbury in Kent.

All five of those arrested have been released but conditions have been imposed on them that they are not to enter the following railway stations:

• Charing Cross,
• Euston,
• King's Cross,
• Liverpool Street,
• London Bridge,
• Marylebone,
• Paddington,
• St Pancras.
• Victoria,
• Waterloo.

All five of the protestors are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 6 December 2023.