 Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after invading the pitch during a cricket match. Judit Murray, Daniel Knorr, and Jacob Bourne stopped the Ashes match at Lord's cricket grounds on June 28 by running onto the pitch and spreading orange powder. Play was stopped for about five minutes while staff made sure the grounds were not damaged. The trio, who said they wanted to create headlines for their climate change protest and did not want to cause disruption or damage the pitch, were found guilty after a trial at the City of London magistrates' court. England player Jonny Bairstow carried Knorr off the pitch, while champagne corks and fruit were thrown by cricket fans at Bourne as he was led off the field and Murray was tackled before she could reach the wicket and held down on the grass. District judge Neeta Minhas said she was satisfied the trio had breached the well-publicised rules which state that ticket-holders cannot trespass, go on to the field of play or stage demonstrations. She said: 'From my own common sense perspective, as soon as you have gone over the barrier you have gone beyond the area of the ticket you have been given.' The judge, who said 'the aim was to cause disruption to the game', added: 'I am satisfied the three of them proactively did trespass on private property which was a playing field, that you disrupted or intended to disrupt a legal activity. 'The defences put forward on your behalf have not been successful. I find you all guilty of aggravated trespass.' Murray, 69, of Plough Road, West Ewell, Surrey; Knorr, 21, of Green Street, Oxford; and Bourne, 27, of Moorland Road, Hyde Park, Leeds, were conditionally bailed ahead of being sentenced at Westminster magistrates' court on October 24. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.){kind=link}
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Three Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after invading the pitch during a cricket match.
Judit Murray, Daniel Knorr, and Jacob Bourne stopped the Ashes match at Lord’s cricket grounds on June 28 by running onto the pitch and spreading orange powder.
Play was stopped for about five minutes while staff made sure the grounds were not damaged.
The trio, who said they wanted to create headlines for their climate change protest and did not want to cause disruption or damage the pitch, were found guilty after a trial at the City of London magistrates’ court.