Screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested at protest under terror act

Paul Laverty smiling straight at the camera. He is wearing a light blue shirt which has the top button undone. He is bald. In the background behind him is a large group of photographers who are blurred.EPA

Paul Laverty was arrested following a protest in Edinburgh

Screenwriter Paul Laverty has been charged for "showing support for a proscribed organisation" at a pro-Palestine protest in Edinburgh.

Laverty, a long-term collaborator of Ken Loach, wrote the films I, Daniel Blake, Sweet Sixteen and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

It is understood that the 68-year-old was charged over a T-shirt he wore at the protest outside St Leonards Police Station.

Police Scotland said Laverty had been released on an undertaking to appear in court and a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal.

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