A HEREFORDSHIRE Extinction Rebellion campaigner has been up before the courts after taking part in a demonstration at London Bridge.

Dilys Merry entered a guilty plea to magistrates in Westminster.

The court heard the 65-year-old had taken part in an Extinction Rebellion demonstration at London Bridge on August 31.

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But she had failed to comply with a condition imposed by a senior police officer under section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, which required the assembly to finish at 4pm on August 31.

Merry, of Knapp Lane, Ledbury, was handed a six-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £22 victim surcharge.