Protesters chained themselves together in a bank to raise awareness of the issue of the company's investments in the fossil fuel industry, and not to force a branch to close, a court has been told
Four climate activists from Shropshire were among a group of seven Extinction Rebellion campaigners who chained themselves to a table in a customer waiting area at a Cardiff branch of Barclays Bank during a 'Day of Action' on November 14.
"Being in the bank raises that awareness," he said."Being outside the bank means it just tends to pass by.Mr Bastow chained himself to a table close to a window and the others were chained to him. "It's about giving people the information and letting go of the outcome," he said."It's about doing the protest, giving the information, that's my work. It is for customers then to decide.Jamie Russell, 48, of Well Meadow Drive, Shrewsbury, said his understanding was that"as long as we weren't disrupting the bank's business that nobody would be charged.
"I felt we had not crossed the threshold and was disappointed with the way he was policing and was over-reacting in some ways," he said.The protest, he said, was silent, peaceful, and non violent and he did not see any customers being deterred from using the bank. The court has heard from Donna Poffley, the branch manager who said she and four other colleagues at the branch were on a Teams meeting when the protestors entered the bank.
Ms Poffley continued:"I serve about 300 customers a day that enter my business, and we are in a cost of living crisis and customers need us more than they have ever done before.
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