United Kingdom: Activists deny damaging chimney

window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;BBC: Five activists caused £30,000 worth of damage after painting a slogan on a power station chimney, a court heard. The five, who all deny criminal damage, were protesting at redevelopment of the Kingsnorth coal-burning plant in Kent. They planned to daub "Gordon, bin it" on the outside of the 200m (650ft) chimney in a direct statement to Gordon Brown, Maidstone Crown Court was told. They only got as far as "Gordon" before being persuaded to come down after a threat of a …

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