Three Just Stop Oil protesters charged with trespass after disrupting Ashes check
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hree Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have been charged with aggravated trespass after invading the pitch at Lord’s throughout the second Ashes check.
The activists from the local weather change group are alleged to have disrupted the cricket match on Wednesday.
Judit Murray, 69, Daniel Knorr, 21, and Jacob Bourne, 26, have been charged with aggravated trespass and can seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 31.
Metropolitan Police Superintendent Gerry Parker, stated: “We will not tolerate criminal or anti-social behaviour and there are serious consequences for people who engage in criminal acts.”
JSO has been staging each day protests since April 24, disrupting high-profile occasions together with the Chelsea Flower Show, the Gallagher Premiership rugby ultimate at Twickenham and the World Snooker Championship, in addition to holding each day gradual marches on main London roads.
It is looking for an finish to all new coal, oil and gasoline tasks within the UK.