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Writing in the Sun on Sunday, the Home Secretary said she would not be delivering on my promise to the law-abiding majority if she did not crack down on the protesters.

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion have been cleared of trespassing at a printing press last year when the group prevented the distribution of half a million newspapers. Demonstrators blocked the entrance of News-UK owned Newsprinters in Knowsley, Merseyside, with a blue box van and a yellow boat on a trailer last September. Newspapers affected included the Daily Mail, The Times, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph. The protests last year prevented the distribution of half a million newspapers, incl...

Extinction Rebellion protestor Katerina Hasapopoulous outside Southwark Crown Court after she was handed a conditional discharge for causing criminal damage to Shells London headquarters in April 2019 // PA An Extinction Rebellion protester who admitted causing criminal damage to Shell’s London HQ was handed a conditional discharge days after her co-defendants were cleared by a jury against the judge’s directions. Katerina Hasapopoulous, 43, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Tue...

By Press Association 2021 Katerina Hasapopoulous An Extinction Rebellion protester who admitted causing criminal damage to Shell’s London headquarters has been handed a conditional discharge days after her co-defendants were cleared against the judge’s directions. Katerina Hasapopoulous, 43, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to criminal damage and having an article with intent to cause crim...

© Getty Graffiti was left on Shells London headquarters in April 2019Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing criminal damage, despite a jury being told by the judge there was no defence in law for their actions. Activists targeted Shells London HQ, claiming the oil firm was directly contributing to climate change. It was part of wider demonstrations across the capital on 15 April 2019. Judge Gregory Perrins said that even if their actions were "morally justified", that...

BBC News Published image captionThe defendants said they believed their actions had been "necessary" and "proportionate" Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing criminal damage, despite a jury being told by the judge there was no defence in law for their actions. Activists targeted Shells London HQ, claiming the oil firm was directly contributing to climate change. It was part of wider demonstrations across the capital on 15 April 2019. Judge Gregory Perrins said that ...

Extinction Rebellion protesters cleared of causing criminal damage Raven Saunt For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing £25,000 worth of criminal damage to Shells London headquarters despite the judge directing jurors they had no defence in law. Two of the groups co-founders Simon Bramwell, 49, and Ian Bray, 53, were acquitted on Friday alongside Jane Augsburger, 55, Senan Clifford, 60, David Lam...

Management Consultant and XR supporter Lindsay Parkin, who was aquitted of aggravated trespass at Staines Magistrates Court this week. Images: XR Surrey A man who occupied the Horse Hill oil rig in Surrey to protest the use of fossil fuels in the face of the climate crisis has been cleared of the charge brought against him. 56-year-old Management Consultant Lindsay Parkin, from Brighton, was acquitted by a judge of the charge of aggravated trespass during a hearing at Staines Magistrates Co...

Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been cleared of causing £25,000 worth of criminal damage to Shells London headquarters despite the judge directing jurors they had no defence in law. Two of the groups co-founders Simon Bramwell, 49, and Ian Bray, 53, were acquitted on Friday alongside Jane Augsburger, 55, Senan Clifford, 60, David Lambert, 62, and James Sid Saunders, 41, after a trial at Southwark Crown Court. The six, who represented themselves, were also cleared of individual counts ...

UK close to Australian trade deal Louise Moon, Simon Foy Government borrowing hit £303.1bn in year ending March Retail sales jumped 5.4pc compared with February FTSE 100 falls flat, stays shy of 7,000 US market edge higher after a rise in factory activity 05:03 PM Sterling has a strong day Sterling has had a strong day today, rebounding from a sharp fall on Thursday after strong retail sales and PMI figures were a positive sign for Britains economic recovery. It rose 0.07pc ag...