Protestors ‘set off smoke grenade at police station’

A group of ‘yellow vest’ protestors set off a smoke grenade in a police station and blocked a busy bus route, a court heard. Paul Smith, 36, Brian Stovell, 60, Ben Roome, 31, and Mark O’Sullivan, 50, were protesting at Islington Police Station over the arrest of a fellow demonstrator outside Parliament. Roome and Sullivan admitted throwing a smoke grenade into the police station reception area causing £4,000 of damage caused by scorching and staining. But Smith and Stovell deny…