Comedian cancels Fringe show over bail terror charge conditions
At a private hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Monday, she made no plea to a charge of malicious mischief, aggravated by having a "terrorist connection".
Her new show titled How Do You Sleep at Night? had been due to run for a month at the festival from next week.
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On the official Fringe site, the show is now listed as "cancelled".
In an Instagram post, Riddell said: "Thanks to everyone who has shared my Edinburgh fringe show but unfortunately due to bail conditions I'm barred from Edinburgh for the foreseeable so I won't be doing my show."
Bail restrictions impose the Glasgow-based comedian from travelling into the city.
Riddell is a BBC regular, and has written and starred in her own BBC mini-sitcom pilot Dregs.
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The protest Riddell allegedly took part in alongside Allegra Fitzherbert, 34, of London, and Naomi Stubbs-Gorman, 31, of Glasgow was part of the Shutdown Leonardo campaign.
The Leonardo factory has been subject to numerous protests amid Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Last November, for example, campaigners shut down the factory by blockading the entrance.
Leonardo produces weapons for the Israeli military including guns used in the maritime blockade of Gaza and its wholly-owned subsidiary RADA Electronic Industries makes software which supports the country's 'Iron Fist' system which provided cover for tanks used in the ground invasion and levelling of Gaza, according to the Who Profits Research Centre.
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