Two protesters accused of ‘locking on’ to the road outside an arms factory in Moulsecoomb have pleaded not guilty today. Ash Yoganathan, 27, and Cole MacDonald, 21, were demonstrating outside the premises of defence manufacturer L3 Harris on Home Farm Road earlier this month.
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The protesters appeared at Brighton Magistrates Court, denying charges of wilful obstruction of a highway and locking on to cause serious disruption. Yoganathan, of Bevendean Crescent, and MacDonald, of Bake Street, were part of a group of demonstrators on Thursday, May 2, who held banners outside the Home Farm Industrial Estate, criticising L3 Harris for their role in manufacturing parts for bombs used globally.