Climate protesters cleared after magistrate finds petrol tanker trailer is not ‘the vehicle’

A group of climate activists were asked if they had any allergies police should be aware of before they were arrested for gluing themselves to a Shell oil tanker, a court heard. Olympic champion canoeist Etienne Derek Stott, 43, was among six Extinction Rebellion protesters who climbed on top of the articulated lorry holding a banner which said ‘end fossil filth’ on 16 April last year. Stott along with Erika Curren, 65, Amy Rugg-Easey, 31, Nichola Andersen, 50, and Shaun…