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A man and a woman were arrested by Kent Police officers following protests on motorway gantries over the M25.
Officers were called to junction 4 on Wednesday 9 November 2022 at around 7am where they closed the carriageway for a short time in order to remove and detain a man. A similar incident took place at junction 1A at 7.30am where a woman was arrested.
The 71-year-old man from Cornwall and 75-year-old woman from Somerset remain in police custody.
Three women charged
Three women have also been charged following incidents earlier in the week.
The first took place at around 8am on Monday 7 November 2022. Kent Police officers were called to the M25 at junction 1A near to the Dartford Crossing where a woman was removed from the gantry above the carriageway and arrested. The motorway remained open in order to minimise the disruption to road users.
On Tuesday 8 November 2022 officers were called to junction 1B following a report that people were planning to protest on a gantry. Two women were arrested nearby.
On Tuesday 8 November 2022, Theresa Norton, 54, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, was charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. This relates to the incident at junction 1A. Ms Norton appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on the same day.
On Wednesday 9 November 2022, Lucia Whittaker-de-Abreu, 33, from Derby and Molly Berry, 70, from Buckinghamshire, were charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. They were both due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on the same day.