Six Extinction Rebellion activists held a protest outside a Cardiff Barclays minutes after being fined over a lock-in at the same bank. The climate change protesters had been taken to court following an event last November when they chained themselves to the interior of the St David's Way branch in a demonstration against the bank's funding of fossil fuels.
After being found guilty and sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court, the activists walked to the bank and wore mock-prison uniforms displaying the message: "Barclays are the real criminals". Barclays has defended its environmental record as "one of the first" banks to "set an ambition" to become net zero by 2050.
Pamela Williams, 74, from Llanidloes in Powys; Sarah Wilding, 55, from Knighton in Powys; Christine Welch, 69, from Broseley in Shropshire; Jamie Russell, 48, from Shrewsbury; Dougall Purce, 59, from Shrewsbury; and Michael Bastow, 54, from Oswestry in Shropshire denied aggravated trespass in the November 14 occupation of Barclays. From around 12pm until 3.30pm they had chained themselves to each other and to a fixed stand near the windowfront, where they silently held placards against the glass.
