Six convicted of abusing BBC Newsnight journalist during protest

Five men and a woman guilty of public order offences after Nicholas Watt was accosted in central London last year

Five men and a woman who verbally abused a BBC journalist at a protest have been convicted of a public order offence, according to police.

A court previously heard how members of the group intimidated Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt during the politically charged incident in Whitehall on 14 June 2021.