Ealing Woman Charged After Heathrow Protest

Campaigners against airport expansion arrested for 'wilful obstruction'

A woman from Ealing is one of 15 people charged after campaigners against airport expansion staged a protest near Heathrow Airport.

On Saturday (19th November) a small group of people ran on to the M4 spur road and laid down in front of oncoming traffic on Saturday, causing temporary disruption.

People aged between 21 and 67 have been charged with wilful obstruction of the highway, including Madeleine Allis-Petersen, 24, from Ealing.

Others include accused are seven Londoners. They are: Isabelle Anderson, 30, of Stratford; Joanne Louise Bodimeade, 28, of Lambeth; Alexis Delage, 25, of Lewisham; Sophia Lysaczanko, 28, of Haringey; Tom Venner-Woodcock, 29, of Southwark; and Tess Lotter, 30, of Camden.

Antoine Thalmann, 25, and Henry Owen, 23, both of Oxford; Simon Bramwell, 44, of Stroud, Gloucestershire; Ian Bray, 49, of Kirklees, West Yorkshire; Graham Lewis, 53, of Wells, Somerset; Thomas Harford, 26, and Margaret Charnley, 67, both of Bristol; and Sibi Moore, 21, of Sidmouth, Devon.

They have all been bailed to appear at Ealing Magistrates' Court on 22 December.

22nd November 2016