Eleven G20 protestors arrested during last year’s demonstration in the City of London for impersonating police after driving a blue armoured car to the Royal Bank of Scotland had charges against them dropped this week.
They were all charged with impersonating a special constable or member of a police force on April 1, with intent to deceive, contrary to Section 90 (1) of the Police Act 1996.
They were each also charged with wearing an article of police uniform so nearing that of a member of a police force as to be calculated to deceive contrary to Section 90 (2) of the Police Act 1996.
The six-wheel Alvis Saracen, (pictured) a model once used by the British Army in Northern Ireland, was emblazoned with the word 'Riot' and police-style black and white chequered livery.
The vehicle contained protesters wearing blue clothes and helmets when stopped in Bishopsgate.
The Crown Prosecution Service, who had originally charged the ‘Armoured Car 11’ when they refused to accept police cautions, announced all criminal proceedings had been withdrawn.
The eleven – who all pleaded not guilty - were due to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court on February 8 for a trial expected to last all week.
They are: Jessica Barter, 19, of St. Andrew’s Road, Plaistow.
Leah Borromeo, 30, of Sprules Road, Brockley.
Stephen Gibbens, 21, of Allington Circle, Kingsmead, Milton Keynes.
Paul Hardcastle, 23, of Bellenden Road, Peckham.
Mohammed Hayder, 25, of Hooke House, Gernon Road, Bow.
Stephen Jewkes, 28, of Bellenden Road, Peckham.
Suzan Keen, 41, of Parkside Estate, Homerton.
David Parkhouse, 22, of Homerton High Street, Homerton.
Robin Priestley, 32, of Morrison Buildings North, 35a Commercial Road, Stepney.
Rebecca Walpole, 21, of Seaforth Road, Aberdeen.
David Vannen, 38, of Upper Highway, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
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