Just Stop Oil activists spared jail after World Snooker Championship protest

Edred Whittingham, known as Eddie, and his fellow protester Margaret Reid were sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work between them for the demonstration at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre on April 17 last year.

A Just Stop Oil activist who jumped on a table during the World Snooker Championship and covered it with orange powder said his criminal damage conviction was “absolutely worth it” as a judge warned “custody is not far away”.

Edred Whittingham, known as Eddie, and his fellow protester Margaret Reid were sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work between them for the demonstration at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre on April 17 last year.