Nine charged over Extinction Rebellion vandalism set to cost £570,000

Nine people have been charged with criminal damage following a protest in Canada Square, E14 on Thursday, 22 April.

They are:

[A] Miriam Ruth Instone, 22 (24.08.98) of no fixed address;
[B] Samantha Smithson, 38 (30.07.82) of no fixed address;
[C] Clare Farrell, 38 (26.12.82) of Finland Road, SE4;
[D] Valerie Brown, 68 (06.06.52) of Hornsey Lane, N6;
[E] Eleanor Bujak, 28 (27.01.93) of Elphinstone Road, E17;
[F] Holly Brentnall, 29 (06.09.91) of Lind Street, SE8;
[G] Tracey Mallaghan, 45 (20.04.76) of Brushford Close, Milton Keynes;
[H] Jessica Agar, 20 (11.07.00) of New Road, Cambridge;
[I] Susan Reid, 62 (27.11.58) of Jeffrey Avenue, Preston.

They will appear in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 23 April charged with criminal damage.

The nine women wore patches with the words “better broken windows than broken promises” in reference to the Suffragettes acts of civil disobedience, the controversial climate change group said.

XR said the action was in response to the bank’s “financing of climate breakdown”, claiming HSBC’s “current climate plan still allows the bank to finance coal power”.