Laurence Fox has denied encouraging others to break extremely low emission zone (ULEZ) cameras in London.
The actor and political activist appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on Friday accused of posting messages on X “which were capable of encouraging the commission of an either-way offence”.
Within the posts, which had been shared between 12 September and 4 October 2023, Fox allegedly voiced help for so-called ULEZ “Blade Runners”, who repeatedly tore down cameras.
Transport for London (TfL) recorded 700 incidents of harm to cameras with a value of greater than £920,000 on this interval, in accordance with prosecutors.
The cameras, which permit TfL to observe automobiles getting into and exiting the ULEZ space, have repeatedly been vandalised after the zone was expanded to cowl all of London on the finish of August 2023.
Automobiles that don’t meet the extremely low emission requirements have to pay a £12.50 day by day payment to be pushed within the zone, or face a tremendous.
Footage shared on-line reveals the “Blade Runners” utilizing angle grinders and different instruments to chop the cameras’ wires or fully take away the units.
Fox, 46, pleaded not responsible to a cost of deliberately encouraging or aiding the fee of an either-way offence.
If discovered responsible, the cost carries as much as 10 years in jail.
