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Extinction Rebellion protestor Katerina Hasapopoulous outside Southwark Crown Court after she was handed a conditional discharge for causing criminal damage to Shell's 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 Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to criminal damage and having an article with intent to cause cr...

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 criminal damage. Prosecutor Diana Wilson said the mother-of-four, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, had glue...

© Getty Graffiti was left on Shell's 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 Shell's 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 did not provide a lawful excuse. Comment: Were their actions even morally justified? Because it's...

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 Shell's 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 did not provide a lawful excuse. Southwark Cro...

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 Shell's London headquarters despite the judge directing jurors they had no defence in law. Two of the group's 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 repre...