A MAN has denied intending to cause criminal damage after being accused of turning up at Sajid Javid’s home in an alleged anti-vaccine protest.
Geza Tarjanyi, of Boundary Street, Lancashire, was arrested outside the Health Secretary’s address in Fulham, west London, on January 3.
The 61-year-old pleaded not guilty at Isleworth Crown Court on February 1 and was granted conditional bail ahead of a trial on October 31.
He is accused of taking “spray adhesive” and a “number of posters” to Mr Javid’s residence in order to “destroy or damage” the property, the court heard.
A video posted online on the day of the alleged incident appeared to show a man delivering a letter with an anti-Covid vaccine message to the Cabinet minister’s home.
In the footage, a man stands outside the property and addresses the camera for several minutes, saying the letter is putting the Health Secretary “personally on notice” for “harming” people in Britain with vaccines.
The video then shows the man being restrained in handcuffs by police officers.
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