Man ‘gobsmacked’ at arrest over banned loyalist group flag, court told

Kieron Brockhouse, second left, denies supporting a proscribed organisation contrary to the 2000 Terrorism Act (Matthew Cooper/PA)

A West Midlands man accused of breaching anti-terror laws by flying an Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) flag told police he thought the group had “ceased to exist” after the Good Friday Agreement, a jury has heard.

Kieron Brockhouse, who denies two counts of supporting a proscribed organisation contrary to the 2000 Terrorism Act, said he was “gobsmacked” at being arrested ahead of a police interview in 2022.