Pair convicted of XR protest as jury ‘base verdicts on the law’

Two Extinction Rebellion activists who scaled a Tube train to protest about climate change were convicted of obstructing the railway by a jury who supported their cause. James Mee, 37, and Mark Ovland, 38, unfurled a banner saying ‘business as usual=death’ as angry commuters showered them with coins, coffee and sandwiches. Mee was eventually pulled onto the platform at Canning Tube station and kicked by enraged passengers during the morning rush-hour on 17 October 2019. Edmund Blackman, prosecuting, said the…