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image captionThe "Stansted 15" tried to stop an aircraft being used to deport people to Africa (one of the 15 did not make the photo call in time)
Protesters who broke into Stansted Airport to stop a plane deporting people to Africa have won an appeal against their convictions.
The group, known as the Stansted 15, cut through the perimeter fence and locked themselves together around a Boeing 767 jet in 2017.
The Lord Chief Justice said they "should not have been prosecuted for the extremely serious offence".
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: "We will consider the judgment carefully in the next 28 days."