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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Greenpeace activists who scaled Sunak’s roof cleared by judge

The protest at Rishi Sunak’s manor house in North Yorkshire in August 2023
The protest at Rishi Sunak’s manor house in North Yorkshire in August 2023. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Four Greenpeace activists who staged a “no new oil” protest on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire manor house have had charges of criminal damage thrown out.

The activists said “justice and common sense” had prevailed after a judge on Friday ruled the evidence against them was “tenuous” and they had no case to answer.

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