Chances of a legal career turn sour on milk protester

Two animal rights demonstrators have escaped jail after they destroyed almost £1,000 worth of cheese at Selfridges in a dairy industry protest. Portuguese psychology student Sofia Fernandes Pontes, 28, and photographer Stephen Bone, 42, poured milk on the floor of the department store and at Fortnum & Mason nearby on 7 October 2022. They admitted two charges of of criminal damage and two of theft at Southwark Crown Court. The pair went to Fortnum & Mason, collected 19 bottles of…