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Greta Thunberg was given ‘final warning’ before London arrest

Activist says ‘history’s judgment will not be gentle’ for those behind climate crisis after day in court on public order charges

Telegraph Reporters1 February 2024 • 

Greta Thunberg was given a “final warning” before her arrest in London
during a climate demonstration last year, a court has heard. The
21-year-old from Sweden was arrested near the InterContinental Hotel in
Mayfair on Oct 17 last year as oil executives met inside for the Energy
Intelligence Forum. Thunberg, two Fossil Free London protesters and two
Greenpeace activists appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on
Thursday for their trial after each pleading not guilty in November to
breaching Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. The court heard that
protesters started to gather near the hotel at around 7.30am and police
engaged with them about improving access for members of the public, which
had been made “impossible”.

 Telegraph 1st Feb 2024

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/01/greta-thunberg-given-final-warning-before-london-arrest

February 3, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, Legal