55 charged over parliament protest (From Haringey Independent)

55 charged over parliament protest

8:24pm Friday 12th March 2010 in

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More than 50 climate change protesters who spent the night on the roof of the Houses of Parliament have been charged with trespass, Scotland Yard said.

The demonstration by Greenpeace supporters in October last year was aimed at MPs returning from their summer break.

Demonstrators unfurled a banner which said: "Change the politics, save the climate".

Among those charged are 23 people accused of trespassing on a protected site on October 11 last year.

Another seven were charged with the same offence but between October 11 and 13. All 30 will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on March 23.

Another 24 are accused of trespass between October 11 and 13 and will appear at the same court on the following day.

The police claim that the remaining defendant, Frank Hewetson, 44, of north west London, "did aid, abet, counsel or procure the trespass by 54 other people on to the Palace of Westminster".

He will also appear before City of Westminster Magistrates on March 24.