Jury clear Extinction Rebellion protestors of damaging Shell’s HQ

A jury has cleared six Extinction Rebellion protestors of causing at least £13,000 of damage to Shell’s London HQ – even though they admitted responsibilty. The group are XR co-founders Simon Bramwell, 49, and Ian Bray, 53, carer Jane Augsberger, 55, retired teacher Senan Clifford, 60, landscape consultant David Lambert, 62, and carpenter James Saunders, 41. They admitted to jurors they glued themselves to doors, poured fake oil on the walls, and spray painted ‘Shell knows’ and ‘Climate Criminals’ on…