Climate change protesters convicted of causing £350k damage and told believing you are right is not a defence

Five climate change activists were convicted of smashing a glass revolving door at JPMorgan’s European headquarters as a judge said their beliefs did not ‘afford them a defence’. Amy Pritchard, 38, Stephanie Aylett, 29, Adelheid Russenberger, 32, Rosemary Webster, 66, and Pamela Bellinger, 66, used hammers and chisel to cause ‘many thousands of pounds’ worth of damage during the Extinction Rebellion protest. They smashed the custom-built revolving door and a large glazed panel at the entrance to the US bank’s…