Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after World Snooker Championship protest
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Edred Whittingham and his fellow protester Margaret Reid were sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work between them.
A Just Stop Oil activist who jumped on a table during the World Snooker Championship and covered it with orange powder said his criminal damage conviction was “absolutely worth it” as a judge warned “custody is not far away”.