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Britain First's Jayda Fransen appears in Belfast court | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
The deputy leader of far right group Britain First has appeared in court charged in connection with an incident at a Belfast peace wall. | |
Jayda Fransen, 31, from Anerley, south-east London, was charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. | |
She appeared briefly at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Friday morning. | |
Ms Fransen was arrested on Thursday after appearing in court in Belfast over a separate incident. | |
She was released on bail and is due to appear in court again next month. | |
At the court - Mark Simpson, BBC News NI | |
After bail was granted, Ms Fransen's supporters in the public gallery cheered and applauded. | |
She raised her arm in the air as they cheered. | |
Among her supporters was Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First. | |
The charge against Ms Fransen relates to comments she is alleged to have made in a video online that was filmed at a peace wall in west Belfast. | |
Friday's charge stems from an incident at a peace wall on 13 December. | |
Peace walls are used to separate Catholic and Protestant residents in Northern Ireland, in areas where tension between the two communities can run high. | Peace walls are used to separate Catholic and Protestant residents in Northern Ireland, in areas where tension between the two communities can run high. |
The police objected in court to Ms Fransen being given bail. A PSNI detective told the court that "our objection is that she's going to commit further offences". | |
However, the judge granted her bail on the condition that she did not go within 500m of any demonstration or procession in Northern Ireland. |
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