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Two Just Stop Oil protesters who closed Dartford Crossing charged by police

Two Just Stop Oil protesters who closed Dartford Crossing charged by police
The men are due in court on Thursday (Picture: JustStopOil/Twitter)

The two Just Stop Oil protesters who closed the Dartford Crossing for two days have been charged.

Morgan Trowland, 39, of Islington, north London, and Marcus Decker, 33, of no fixed address, have been charged with conspiracy to commit a public nuisance.

The men positioned themselves nearly 300ft above the M25 on Monday morning, hanging there for some 36 hours until police scrambled a ‘super cherry picker’ to bring them down.

They will appear in custody at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Essex Police Chief Superintendent Simon Anslow said: ‘Our priorities have always been to keep people safe and work with our partners to keep Essex moving.

‘We have done this consistently during incidents of disruption across the county this year and again this week.

‘As we have consistently said, we are not anti-protest but we must take action when we believe laws have been broken and the safety of the public is put at risk.’

GRABS FOR DARTFORD CROSSING PROTESTER
Morgan Trowland has been charged with conspiracy to commit a public nuisance (Picture: Just Stop Oil)
Just Stop Oil - Marcus Decker
He and Marcus Decker, who faces the same charge, are due in court on Thursday (Picture: Twitter/Just Stop Oil)
Just Stop Oil protesters continue their protest for a second day on the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which links Kent and Essex and which remains closed for traffic, after it was scaled by two climbers from the group. Picture date: Tuesday October 18, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story PROTEST Oil . Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
The pair positioned themselves hundreds of feet in the air (Picture: PA)
Handout photo issued by Just Stop Oil of traffic stopped after two of their activists scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing on Monday. Police have closed the major road bridge linking Essex and Kent after a report that two people have
The demonstration caused chaos for motorists (Picture: PA)

Traffic was not able to use the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which links Kent and Essex, after it was blocked in a protest by the Just Stop Oil environmental activist group.

National Highways reopened the crossing shortly before 11pm on Tuesday.

The charges come after a total of 17 protestors from the Just Stop Oil environmental activist group were arrested in Kensington, central London, on Wednesday morning.

The Metropolitan Police said the arrests took place at the junction of Cromwell Road and Exhibition Road.

A police spokesman said: ‘The group blocked the carriageway with 10 people glued on.

‘Officers responded quickly and the road is now open. Four people were arrested nearby earlier for related offences.’

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