XR activist, 38, who caused more than £300,000 damage when she and four others attacked JPMorgan HQ with hammers and chisels is jailed Defendants were found guilty of criminal damage following a two week trial By Matt Drake Published: 18:30 BST, 12 June 2024 | Updated: 18:38 BST, 12 June 2024 e-mail 76 View comments An Extinction Rebellion activist who caused more than £300,000 worth of damage after she and five others attacked JPMorgan's European headquarters with hammers and chisels has been jailed for 10 months. Amy Pritchard, 38, along with Stephanie Aylett, 29, Adelheid Russenberger, 32, Rosemary Webster, 66, and Pamela Bellinger, 66, smashed the custom-built revolving door and a large glazed panel at the entrance to the US bank's Victoria Embankment offices in the City of London . Pritchard told Inner London Crown Court that the policies of JP Morgan had led to the deaths of 'hundreds of thousands of children'.
But Judge Silas Reid had asked the jury to 'put aside sympathy or prejudice' when the trial began. Amy Pritchard, 38, (pictured) told Inner London Crown Court that the policies of JP Morgan had led to the deaths of 'hundreds of thousands of children' The group of five XR protesters smashed up windows and a glass revolving door at the headquarters of JPMorgan He said: 'You may have views about those actions or organisations, you may have views about climate change . 'This is not a trial about climate change.
It is a trial about criminal damage. 'It is nothing mo.
