North East Just Stop Oil protester pleads not guilty to disrupting West End show

A Just Stop Oil protester has pleaded not guilty to disrupting a West End production of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver.

Author: Ellie KumarPublished 25th Feb 2025

A North East Just Stop Oil protester has pleaded not guilty to disrupting a West End production of The Tempest

Richard Weir - who's 60, and from Tynemouth - denied one count of aggravated trespass

A performance at the Theatre Royal starring Sigourney Weaver was disrupted in January.

Mr Weir appeared without representation at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday where he denied one count of aggravated trespass at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane on January 28.

He has been accused of climbing on to the stage before setting off confetti and unfurling a banner that read: "Over 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck."

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