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According to prosecutors, three individuals will face charges for causing intentional harm during a Greenpeace demonstration at Rishi Sunak’s residence in North Yorkshire.
Mathieu Soete, aged 38, Amy Rugg-Easey, aged 33, and Alexandra Wilson, aged 32, are facing charges of criminal damage for their involvement in a protest that took place in the prime minister’s Richmond constituency in August of last year, according to a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service.
According to the CPS, Mr Soete from Hackney and Ms Rugg-Easey and Ms Wilson from Shiremoor in North Tyneside are scheduled to appear at York Magistrates’ Court on 21 March.
Another suspect will need to return for a bail hearing at a later time.
In the past year, protesters were photographed on the roof of Mr. Sunak’s historic manor house in Kirby Sigston. The house, which is listed as a grade II historical site, is located near Northallerton. The activists covered the house with black fabric to demonstrate against what they perceived as a surge in new fossil fuel drilling.
During the demonstration, the prime minister was vacationing in California.
Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS special crime division, stated that criminal charges have been authorized against one man and two women after a protest at the residence of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on August 3rd, 2023, following a review of evidence provided by North Yorkshire Police.
Mathieu Soete, aged 38, Amy Rugg-Easey, aged 33, and Alexandra Wilson, aged 32, will each face one charge of criminal damage and are scheduled to appear at York Magistrates’ Court on March 21st.
The police were photographed at Rishi Sunak’s residence in Richmond following the protest.
The Crown Prosecution Service would like to remind everyone involved that the criminal case against the three defendants is ongoing and that they are entitled to a fair trial.
“It is crucial that there is no dissemination, analysis, or exchange of information on the internet that could potentially harm these legal proceedings.”
Source: independent.co.uk
