Shropshire man, 62, given conditional discharge over Extinction Rebellion bank protest

An Oswestry man has been given a conditional discharge over an Extinction Rebellion protest at a bank.

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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.

He had pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing or disrupting a person engaged in lawful activity, and was given a conditional discharge by Cardiff Magistrates Court.

Six other people, four of them from Shropshire, are still facing court action relating to the protest.