Martin Hockridge charged after video showed Newsnight’s Nick Watt being challenged in Whitehall
A man has been charged with a public order offence,
Scotland Yard has said, after footage online showed a journalist being confronted and chased by a group of
protesters in Whitehall.
Martin Hockridge, 57, was charged with an offence under section 4A of the Public Order Act; namely using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards another person with the intention to cause them harassment, alarm or distress.