{"id":373221,"date":"2025-08-25T20:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373221\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:46:19","slug":"screenwriter-charged-under-terrorism-act-after-stand-off-at-edinburgh-police-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373221\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenwriter charged under Terrorism Act after ‘stand off’ at Edinburgh police station"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside St Leonard’s Police Station in the capital on Monday morning and screenwriter Paul Laverty was arrested.<\/p>\n

17:43, 25 Aug 2025Updated 18:31, 25 Aug 2025<\/p>\n

Screenwriter Paul Laverty(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)<\/p>\n

A well-known Scottish Screenwriter has been charged under the terrorism act following a ‘stand off’ at an Edinburgh <\/a>police station.<\/p>\n

Pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside St Leonard’s Police Station<\/a> in the capital on Monday morning (August 25).<\/p>\n

Screenwriter Paul Laverty, 68, was arrested and Police Scotland have confirmed he was charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for allegedly showing support for a proscribed organisation.<\/p>\n

Laverty has been released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.<\/p>\n

Laverty is known for his work with Ken Loach, wrote the films I, Daniel Blake, Sweet Sixteen and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Live<\/a> reported earlier how activists held Palestinian flags and signs reading “It’s not a crime to act against genocide” and “Ceasefire now”.<\/p>\n

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Protestors told Edinburgh Live they were there to “support their comrade”. Police confirmed a 58-year-old woman was also arrested and charged today in connection with an incident in July where she allegedly showed support for a proscribed organisation.<\/p>\n

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Following a protest outside St Leonards Police Station on Monday, 25 August 2025, a 68-year-old man has been arrested and charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for showing support for a proscribed organisation. He has been released on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”<\/p>\n

They later added: “A 58-year-old woman has been arrested and charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for showing support for a proscribed organisation following an incident on Saturday, 19 July 2025. She has been released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside St Leonard’s Police Station in the capital on Monday morning and screenwriter Paul Laverty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,839,530,712,13466,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-373221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-middle-east","12":"tag-police-scotland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-terrorism","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115091366904028645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}