Oil tanker trailer protestors had glued themselves to did not constitute a vehicle, says judge

The Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott was one of five climate activists who had charges against them dismissed on Tuesday after a judge agreed with their claim that the oil tanker they had occupied was not itself a vehicle.

The 43-year-old and fellow Extinction Rebellion activists Erika Curren, 65, Amy Rugg-Easey, 31, Nichola Andersen, 50, and Shaun Davies, 32, had all denied a charge of tampering with a motor vehicle during a protest in London on 16 April last year.

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