A 20-year-old from Chorleywood is set to appear in crown court over blocking national infrastructure after a weapons factory protest.

Henriette Cameron, of Old Common Road, has been charged with interfering with the use or operation of key national infrastructure and locking on to a person to cause serious disruption.

During an appearance in Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on July 10, she pleaded not guilty to the second charge with no plea recorded in court documents for the first.

Both refer to alleged offences in Sandwich, Kent, on March 26. The infrastructure named was 'the road transport network' and the organisation allegedly disrupted was Kent Renewable Energy Ltd, according to court documents.

The case has been sent to Canterbury Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing to take place on August 12.

Seven other people appeared in the magistrates’ court last Wednesday over locking on to cause disruption, with three also charged with interfering with key national infrastructure.

All charges referred to alleged offences in Sandwich on March 26 but for two individuals the key national infrastructure was identified as 'onshore electricity generation infrastructure'. For three defendants the disrupted organisation was identified as military technology manufacturer Instro Precision.

Both Instro Precision and Kent Renewable Energy Ltd are based in Discovery Park, Sandwich.

It was reported on March 26 that eight pro-Palestine activists had blocked entrances to Intro Precision in the business park.