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University protester guilty

August 25, 2016 09:54

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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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A pro-Palestinian protester who disrupted a university's Israel Society event has been found guilty of assault by beating.

Two Jewish students were subjected to a volley of abuse, including being called Nazis, as they held off a mob of demonstrators during the lecture at King's College London in January.

The talk by Ami Ayalon, a former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency, was interrupted by activists banging on the windows, chanting, throwing chairs and setting off fire alarms.

Ivana Bevilaqua, 25, of Pentonville Road, north London, was convicted at Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

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