![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/fury-at-journalists-terrifying-5hrs-in-cell-after-arrest-covering-m25-protest/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Screenshot-2022-11-09-125433.jpg&description=There is outrage from across the world of politics, policing and the media tonight after an LBC radio journalist suffered a "terrifying" five hours in a police cell when she was arrested while covering the Just Stop Oil M25 protest. LBC Reporter Charlotte Lynch was reporting from a road bridge over junction 21 of the M25 in Hertfordshire after activists blocked the major motorway yesterday morning. While working, she said she was approached and questioned by two police officers who handcuffed her even though she showed them her press card and explained she was reporting on the demonstration. Ms Lynch said officers searched her on the side of the road, took her phone and arrested her on conspiracy to commit a public nuisance. She was placed in the back of a police van on her own and the journey took over an hour due to the M25 being closed. Sharing her experience, the reporter said: "Got to Stevenage police station, that journey took over an hour because of the M25 being closed. "I was in the back of a police van, handcuffed, my hands were in front of me, handcuffed the entire time, on my own, the two police officers were behind the glass cage. Eco-activists glue themselves to Girl with a Pearl Earring masterpiece LBC Reporter Charlotte Lynch while covering the Platinum Jubilee ( CHARLOTTE LYNCH/@LBC) "That's when it dawned on me 'gosh, I could be charged here' and everything runs through your mind 'have I actually committed this offence?' even though I knew I hadn't. "We got to the police station and I thought I'll answer their questions and I'll be on my way." Ms Lynch said she was then taken to a cell and detained for five hours before officers released her with no further action. She said officers wanted to know how the journalist knew about the protest. Ms Lynch said: "It was absolutely terrifying being in a cell with a pad for a bed in one corner and a metal toilet in the other. "I was just doing my job. What's also terrifying is what this means for press freed){kind=link}
LBC journalist Charlotte Lynch was reporting on a Just Stop Oil protest yesterday morning when she was approached and questioned by two police officers. She showed them a press card, but was arrested
There is outrage from across the world of politics, policing and the media tonight after an LBC radio journalist suffered a “terrifying” five hours in a police cell when she was arrested while covering the Just Stop Oil M25 protest.
LBC Reporter Charlotte Lynch was reporting from a road bridge over junction 21 of the M25 in Hertfordshire after activists blocked the major motorway yesterday morning.
While working, she said she was approached and questioned by two police officers who handcuffed her even though she showed them her press card and explained she was reporting on the demonstration.
Ms Lynch said officers searched her on the side of the road, took her phone and arrested her on conspiracy to commit a public nuisance.