ER fire engine protesters cleared

A group of Extinction Rebellion protestors have been cleared of criminal damage after a fire engine was used to spray fake blood at the Treasury in central London. The activists bought the vehicle in Aylesbury, Bucks, before driving it to the government building in Horse Guards Road, Westminster on 3 October 2019. They sprayed hundreds of litres of red dye at the building causing £16,000 worth of damage, Southwark Crown Court heard. Richard Garfitt-Mottram, 66, Molly Lipson, 29, Daniel Blackmore,…