Five Extinction Rebellion protesters who blockaded printing presses and stopped millions of newspapers being delivered have been convicted of obstruction, it emerged yesterday. A third defendant, Deborah Ehrenberg, 60, of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty and was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £500 compensation. Earlier in the week, Lucy Walsh, 24, and Green Party candidate Patrick Thelwell, 21, were also convicted of the same charge. Thelwell, of York, who has a similar previous conviction, was handed a conditional discharge for two years and ordered to pay £500 damages. Walsh, of York, was given a 12-month conditional discharge and told to pay £320.

Source: Daily Mail May 16, 2021 23:49 UTC