The trial date has been set for the man who was arrested and charged after Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal was evacuated the day after the Paris terror attacks.
Jerome Chauris, 41, of no fixed address, was charged with possession of an air rifle and a lock knife in the airport’s departures lounge.
The incident sparked a major security alert which saw the whole of the airport’s North Terminal evacuated and remained closed for six hours while a suspicious package was investigated.
Passengers and staff were taken to nearby hotels while bomb disposal experts were called and carried out a small controlled explosion as a precaution.
The alert was said to have cost £1.2 million in lost travel and disruption.
Chauris pleaded not guilty at Lewes Crown Court yesterday and a trial date has been set for April 11, 2016.
