AN OXFORD woman has appeared in court after she joined Extinction Rebellion in a London protest.

Sarah Rose, of Morell Avenue, attended the XR demonstation on August 23 at the junction of Long Acre and St Martin's Lane in the captial. 

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Court documents from Central London Magistrates’ Court state that Rose ‘took part in a public assembly and knowingly failed to comply with a condition imposed by a senior police officer’ on March 8.

The condition being that the demonstration must finish before 7pm.

The 57-year-old was found guilty and handed a conditional discharg for six months.

She was also made to pay a victim surcharge of £22 and costs of £200 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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