Council officer was Tower Bridge abseiler

A council officer abseiled off Tower Bridge during an Extinction Rebellion protest which caused rush-hour traffic chaos, a court heard today (mon). Christopher Lewis-Farley, 52, a Tree and Landscape Officer at Malvern Hills District Council, was among a group of activists who unfurled a banner which said: ‘End Fossil Fuels Now’. Lewis-Farley, along with Scarlett Possnett, 19, Christopher Riches, 22, and Amy Rugg-Easy, 32, all deny obstructing the highway on 8 April last year. Luke Stanton, prosecuting, said: ‘Before 7:30am…