BBC star charged with terror offence after ‘van driven into perimeter of defence firm'
Susan Riddell was in the dock at Edinburgh sheriff
court
today after a
Ford
Transit hit Leonardo's in Crewe Toll, Edinburgh last Tuesday.
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Susan Riddell has appeared on the BBC and ITV - and is due at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
3
Protestors outside Edinburgh sheriff court today
3
The scene at Leonardo's defence firm last week
Credit: Alan Simpson
The 42-year-old wrote and starred in BBC hit
comedy
Scot Squad and is due to begin a one-woman Edinburgh Fringe comedy
show
next
week.
Italian firm Leonardo's supplies
defence
and
security
gear to the Ministry of Defence, including
military
technology
which has been sent to
Israel
.
Riddell, Allegra Fitzherbert, 34, from
London
, and Naomi Stubbs-Gorman, 31, from
Glasgow
, are accused of allegedly committing malicious mischief aggravated by having a terrorist connection.
The
comedian
is also facing a charge of
dangerous
driving
aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection under the Road
Traffic
Act 1988 Section 2.
All three accused made no plea and the case was committed for further examination.
Riddell and Fitzherbert were released on bail and no date has yet been set down for their next court appearance.
But Stubbs-Gorman will have to return to court on Wednesday after her bail application was continued for 24 hours.
Around 100 protestors and members of Edinburgh Action for
Palestine
were present outside
the city
centre court building to show support for the three accused.
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Riddell's appearances include ITV's Jonathan Ross Comedy Club, BBC Comedy Underground and BBC
Queen
of the
New Year
as well as being a regular panellist on BBC Breaking the
News
.
She has also provided tour support for stand-ups Ardal O'Hanlon and Fern Brady.
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Meanwhile, three
men
have been arrested in connection with
terror
offences for allegedly showing support for a proscribed terrorist organisation.
At around 1.30pm, a 58-year-old man was arrested outside the Scottish
Parliament
for waving a sign that expressed support for such an organisation.
On Saturday, two men, aged 78 and 60, were arrested during a
protest
, where the two allegedly showed support for a proscribed organisation.
The three were arrested in connection with the
Terrorism
Act 2000.
Police
Scotland
says a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
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