Car showroom protestors’ trial set for May 2024

Two Just Stop Oil protestors accused of spraying orange paint on luxury car showrooms in Mayfair must wait until May 2024 to stand trial.

Emma Brown, 31 and Carmen Lean, 27, allegedly targeted HR Owen Bugatti, Jack Barclay Bentley, Bentley Motor Cars London and Ferrari Mayfair on 27 October this year

Footage captured the pair using fire-extinguishers, filled with the orange paint, to spray orange paint over the glass facades of the showrooms it is said.

The pair had travelled from Glasgow to join the campaign group’s campaign of civil disobedience as they demand the government freezes all new oil and gas licences.

Brown, who acts as a spokesperson for JSO, denied five counts of criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court while Lean failed to attend and a warrant was issued for her arrest.

Judge Gregory Perrins fixed the trial date for 13 May 2024.

Brown, of Paisley Road West, Glasgow, denied five counts of criminal damage.

Architecture student Lean, of Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, faces the same five charges but did not appear in court.

According to the charges damage was caused at Berkeley Square House as well as HR Owen Bugatti, Jack Barclay Bentley, Bentley Motor Cars London and Ferrari Mayfair.

The Met Police has warned JSO activists are planning to launch a campaign of Christmas chaos on targeting roads across central London.
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