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  "textContent": "\n\n\nNine members of the climate campaign group Take Back Power are set to face criminal charges following two high-profile protest incidents in December.\n\nFour protesters allegedly poured manure on the floor before the Christmas tree at the Ritz hotel on December 3 last year.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nEllen Redwood-Brown, 23, Tom Barber, 66, Toby Ellwood, 21, and Tjalle Rumley, 26, were charged with criminal damage to the luxury Mayfair establishment.\n\nTheir court appearances will mark the first of several scheduled hearings connected to the December protest.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMs Redwood-Brown resides in Bristol on Balmoral Road, while Mr Barber lives on St Andrews Road in Nottingham.\n\nThey will both appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 20.\n\nMr Ellwood is from Newport Gardens in Leeds, and Mr Rumley resides in Hereford Road in Acton, west London.\n\nThey will appear at a later hearing at the same court on April 29.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Metropolitan police charged a further four people following the incident at the Tower of London.\n\nCrumble and custard were thrown at the crown jewels on December 6, police have said.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers rushed to the scene after reports of the incident.\n\nFatima Ali, 19, Miriam Cranch, 22, Mack Preston, 22, and Matthew Cooper, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 27.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Houses in London's affluent Hampstead neighbourhood covered with red paint in suspected gang attack\n  * Iran-linked Islamist group claims responsibility for arson attack on Jewish charity in London\n  * Eco-activist who 'freed lobster from restaurant by throwing it into the sea' actually KILLED animal\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMs Ali lives in Rhodeswell Road, Tower Hamlets, while Ms Cranch resides in Trelawn Avenue, Leeds.\n\nMr Preston is from Westferry Circus, Tower Hamlets and Mr Cooper lives in Oriel Gardens, Bath.\n\nThey will all appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 27.\n\nDavid Kilroy, 66, of Hartley Park Gardens, Plymouth has been charged with theft following an alleged incident of organised shoplifting at Sainsbury’s in Lewisham on March 14.\n\nHe will appear at Bexley Magistrates’ Court on April 29.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Take Back Power activists charged after pouring manure on floor of the Ritz and Tower of London custard stunt"
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