A Just Stop Oil demonstrator was dragged off Court 18
LONDON – London police on Friday charged three people with aggravated trespass over two incidents at the Wimbledon tennis tournament, when climate protesters interrupted play and scattered jigsaw pieces on the court.
Deborah Wilde, 68, Simon Milner-Edwards, 66, and William Ward, 66, were released on bail to appear at London’s City of Westminster Magistrates court next month.
Both incidents took place on Wednesday and involved members of the Just Stop Oil campaign group, which has targeted major sporting events including the snooker World Championship and the Ashes cricket series.
In the first incident, a man and a woman wearing “Just Stop Oil” T-shirts ran onto Court 18 during…
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