Bench warrant issued for activist accused of driving into anti-immigration protest

Stephen Bedford due to appear at Dublin District Court on Monday to be served with a book of evidence and ordered to stand trial but did not turn up

At his first hearing in February, Mr Bedford claimed people 'threw' themselves in front of his car. Picture: Paddy Cummins

A judge has ordered the arrest of an activist who allegedly drove into immigration protesters during a live-streamed incident in Dublin.

Audio-visual technician and stage rigger Stephen Bedford, 36, with an address at a hostel on Usher's Quay, Dublin 8, was initially accused of dangerous driving at Amiens Street in the north inner city after a protester was hospitalised on February 15.