Greta Thunberg has appeared in court in London in a trial over a protest outside an oil industry summit in the capital last year.
The Swedish climate campaigner was one of five activists at Westminster magistrates court charged with “failing to comply with a condition imposed under section 14 of the Public Order Act” after they were told to leave the area.
With her in the dock were Christofer Kebbon, Joshua James Unwin, Jeff Rice and Peter Barker. They face fines of up to £2,500 if found guilty.
They were arrested after taking part in protests organised by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace last October that blocked the entrances of the InterContinental hotel in Mayfair, the venue for the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) attended by fossil fuel executives and government ministers.
Critics called the event the “oily money conference” in a sardonic nod to its previous name, the Oil and Money conference.
Credit: theguardian.com
