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Marie HEUCLIN

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Defied Police At Protest, Court Hears

Greta Thunberg (C) and other climate activists appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday (Credit: AFP)

Activist Greta Thunberg defied police orders to move during a climate demonstration, prosecutors told a London court on Thursday, on the first day of her two-day trial for public order offences.

Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London heard that police gave the 21-year-old Swedish campaigner a "final warning" to move from outside the entrance of the London hotel hosting the Energy Intelligence Forum in October.

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