Debbie Hicks story with videos (NCTJ)

An anti-lockdown activist who confronted two NHS workers while filming inside a hospital during lockdown was found guilty of a public order offence today.

Debbie Hicks, of Stratford Road, Stroud, had previously denied using threatening words or behaviour toward two female hospital employees on December 28, 2020.

She claimed her actions were reasonable and said she was entitled to live stream video from inside the hospital under the European Convention on Human Rights' freedom of expression.

But today district judge Nicholas Wattam said he found the evidence of the two workers convincing and without exaggeration and they had stood up well to cross examination.

The district judge said: “These two health professionals who had the misfortune to encounter her deserved not to be molested by her while they were at work and they should be protected by law."

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