Four climate protestors from Shropshire were among a group of seven Extinction Rebellion campaigners who chained themselves together at a bank forcing it to close during a 'Day of Action' in Cardiff, a court has heard.
A magistrates hearing sitting before a district judge at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday heard that the seven protestors entered Barclays in the St David's Way area of the city on November 14.
A seventh protestor, Mark Stokes, 62, of Lorne Street, Oswestry, had already appeared before courts over the incident. "I came straight downstairs in the lift down to the banking hall. I saw seven protestors, four men and three women, chained to each other and chained to a fixed stand in the bank that could not be moved from its location."
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. By closing before 1.30pm, it meant customers could not come and see us about their finances. And I had to cancel two appointments that afternoon."
The police then asked her to close the branch just after 1pm so the protestors inside the could be dealt with."Because it was not a nice environment outside and I wanted to make sure my staff would be safe when they left the branch, I made that decision to close."
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