Just Stop Oil protester sentenced for Lord’s cricket stunt says ‘I did right thing’

Three climate change protesters who were found guilty of aggravated trespass after they ran onto the pitch during the Ashes series at Lord’s have been sentenced on Tuesday 24 October.

Judit Murray, 69, Daniel Knorr, 21, and Jacob Bourne, 27, stopped play during the second Test between England and Australia on 28 June, as security and ground staff cleaned up orange powder that was thrown on the pitch.

The trio, who said they wanted to create headlines for their Just Stop Oil protest and did not want to cause disruption or damage the pitch, were found guilty after a trial at City of London Magistrates’ Court.

England player Jonny Bairstow carried Knorr off the pitch, champagne corks and fruit were thrown by cricket fans at Bourne as he was led off the field, and Murray was tackled before she could reach the wicket and held down on the grass.

“I think I did the right thing,” Knorr said, speaking outside court.