Three people charged after Just Stop Oil disruptions at Wimbledon
Three people have been charged after Just Stop Oil protests which left the courts of Wimbledon covered in jigsaw pieces and paper petals.
Deborah Wilde, 68, Simon Milner-Edwards, 66, and William Ward, 66, have been charged with aggravated trespass following the incidents on Wednesday.
Play was suspended this week after activists entered the court.
Wilde, Milner-Edwards and Ward have all been released on bail to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court on August 7.
In the first of two incidents on Wednesday, a man and a woman ran on to Court 18 during a match and threw orange paper petals and jigsaw pieces.
A little over two hours later, a man ran on to Court 18 during a match and did the same.
Three people were detained by security staff before being arrested by Metropolitan Police officers and taken into custody.
Australia’s Daria Saville and Britain’s Katie Boulter didn’t seem overly irked by the protest during their match, and got stuck in to help clear the debris.
Both players came to the aid of ballboys and ballgirls, who together tidied each jigsaw piece and plastic petal into a bin bag.
Boulter went on to win the match 7-6 6-1, unfazed by the disruption.
Tonight, all eyes will be on Centre Court as Andy Murray attempts to bring further excitement to the home crowd.
The Hill at Wimbledon has filled up as tennis fans settle in to watch the Scot return to Centre Court.
Sue Bisdee, from Chichester, and her daughter Poppy, 34, decided to watch Murray from the Hill rather than sit in their Court 2 seats.
The 69-year-old revealed she is the granddaughter of British tennis player Algernon Kingscote, who played at Wimbledon.
Ms Bisdee said: ‘We used to get very lucky. We used to get tickets every day.
‘Sometimes when it’s raining they talk about him (on television).
‘We didn’t realise how lucky we were.’
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