AN eco activist who enraged commuters by climbing on top of a Tube train admitted yesterday: “We got it wrong.”
Mark Ovland, 38, and fellow Extinction Rebellion protester James Mee, 37, unfurled a banner as angry passengers bombarded them with coins, coffee and sandwiches.
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An eco activist who enraged commuters by climbing on top of a Tube train admitted yesterday: 'We got it wrong' 2
Mee was dragged on to the platform at Canning Town, East London, and kicked by commuters
Mee was dragged on to the platform at Canning Town, East London, and kicked by commuters during the rush-hour protest in 2019.
Edmund Blackman, prosecuting, said the pair were only on top of the train for 20 minutes but 48,000 people had their morning journeys affected.
Ovland, of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, and Mee, of Bristol, were convicted of obstructing a railway at Inner London crown court and were handed community orders.
Judge Silas Reid told the pair: "Each of you was part of a team under the wider Extinction Rebellion umbrella.
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"This was a protest about a hugely important area.
"It is, though, irrelevant whether your argument is on the right side entirely or not."
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