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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Medics’ XR protest caused almost £200,000 of damage to bank, court told

People reflected in the windows of the Canary Wharf offices of JP Morgan in London
People reflected in the windows of the Canary Wharf offices of JP Morgan in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Four doctors and two nurses caused nearly £200,000 of damage in a hammer attack on the London offices of JP Morgan, a court has heard.

In a protest over the investment bank’s continued financing of the oil and gas industry, the group went to its European headquarters and used lump hammers and chisels emblazoned with the words “care” and “love” to break 33 sq metres of plate glass.

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