Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges.

The campaigners had been accused of damaging 15 roof slates during the five-hour demonstration at the property in North Yorkshire

Four Greenpeace activists who targeted Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire mansion in a protest have walked free from court.The protesters had been accused of damaging 15 roof slates during the five-hour demonstration at Mr Sunak’s home in Kirby Sigston last August.

Four Greenpeace activists who made headlines after protesting on the roof of the former Prime Minister’s mansion in Yorkshire last year have had charges of criminal damage dismissed by the Judge at York Magistrates’ Court.

A judge has thrown out criminal damage charges against four Greenpeace activists who scaled Rishi Sunak’s constituency home and draped it in black fabric, ruling that the evidence was too “tenuous” for them to be convicted.