An Oswestry man has been given a conditional discharge over an Extinction Rebellion protest at a bank.
Mark Stokes, 62, of Lorne Street in the town, admitted an offence at Cardiff Magistrates Court in relation to a protest at Barclays Bank on St David's Way, Cardiff, on November 14.
Six other people, four of them from Shropshire, are still facing court action relating to the protest. Dougall Purce, 59, of North Street, Shrewsbury, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated trespass, with a hearing scheduled for March 30. Jamie Russell, 48, of Well Meadow Drive, Shrewsbury, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated trespass, and also faces a charge of obstructing or disrupting a person engaged in lawful activity, with no plea entered for the second charge – both are listed to be heard on March 29.
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