Piper denies attacking police officers

A former Scots Guard piper denied assaulting three police officers during a Remembrance Sunday confrontation and asked to be tried by a jury. Ben Buckland, 47, allegedly marched up to police lines blowing his bagpipes as they blocked the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall on 8 November. Footage from the incident shows Buckland walking forward before swerving to the left and crashing into the police barrier. He is then seen to be pushed backwards by a Metropolitan Police officer before…