The Hungarian camerawoman who was seen tripping up Syrian refugees at a border crossing has been put on probation for three years after being convicted of disorderly conduct.
In September 2015 Petra Laszlo was filmed tripping up a Syrian father carrying a crying child and kicking out at a refugee girl as they attempted to flee across a field on the Hungarian-Serbian border.
She later apologised for her actions and denied accusations of racism, and in court she said: 'I turned and saw several hundred people charging toward me. Everybody was shouting. It was quite incredibly frightening.'
But Judge Illes Nanasi said Laszlo's behaviour 'ran counter to societal norms' and he rejected her claims to have been trying to defend herself.
Laszlo, 41, was fired by the N1TV website, which is owned by the Far-Right anti-immigrant Jobbik Party, after the footage was made public.
Her lawyer, Ferenc Sipos, said she did not appear in person at yesterday's court hearing because she had received death threats but hoped to be vindicated.
He said: 'It is not a crime if somebody acts to defend herself...she was in danger, and she tried to avert this danger with her actions.'
Nearly 400,000 migrants and refugees passed through Hungary in 2015.
The flow slowed to a trickle after Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered razor-wire fences built along Hungary's southern border and beefed up laws to prevent illegal border crossings. .
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