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Dundee oil rig Extinction Rebellion hijackers given climate change conference warning © Gordon Currie Fears have been raised a group of Extinction Rebellion activists who occupied an oil rig at the Port of Dundee would cause further trouble at the imminent UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The activists were trying to stop the rig leaving to carry out work for Shell in the North Sea. TOP RIGHT: two activists on the ladder on rig ‘Valaris 122’ January 6, 2020. Mhairi Edwards/DCT Media Federico Pastoris, 25, Mark Quinn, 23, 24-year-old Marco Tenconi, Guy Bowen, 32, 28-year-old Aliso...

Seven Extinction Rebellion activists have been convicted of occupying an oil rig at the Port of Dundee. The group’s actions were in a bid to stop the rig leaving to carry out work for Shell in the North Sea. Reports have now been ordered for the seven activists after they pleaded guilty to committing a breach of the peace at the port. Federico Pastoris, 25, Mark Quinn, 23, 24-year-old Marco Tenconi, Guy Bowen, 32, 28-year-old Alison Orr, Joanne Venables, 36, and Fiona Cormie, 27, are due to be sentenced next month. ‘Staff concerned for protestors safety’ Dundee Sheriff Court heard how t...