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07.07.2023 - 19:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 66 year-old man from Manchester has been charged by police after Just Stop Oil protests disrupted the Wimbledon tennis championships.
The Metropolitan Police in London said Simon Milner-Edwards, of Dartmouth Road, Chorlton, has been charged with aggravated trespass.
He and two others are due to appear before magistrates in the capital on Monday, August 7, added the Met.
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In a statement on Friday, the Metropolitan Police said: "Three people have been charged with aggravated trespass following two incidents at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on Wednesday, 5 July.
"Deborah Wilde, 68, from the Noel Park area of London, Simon Milner-Edwards, 66, of Dartmouth Road, Manchester, and William Ward, 66, of Stoneleigh Road, Surrey, have all been released on bail to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Monday, 7 August.
"They arrested following two separate incidents at the tournament on the afternoon of Wednesday, 5 July. They were detained by security staff before being arrested by Met officers."
Wilde, said by Just Stop Oil to be a retired teacher, Ward IS said to be a retired civil engineer and Milner-Edwards was described by the group as a retired musician, were arrested just after 2pm on Wednesday after a protest during a match between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro.
Ward, said to be a retired civil engineer, was escorted from the court after a match between Briton Katie Boulter and Daria Saville was disrupted at about 4.30pm the same day.
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