A judge has thrown out criminal damage charges against four Greenpeace activists who scaled Rishi Sunak’s constituency home and draped it in black fabric, ruling that the evidence was too “tenuous” for them to be convicted.

Four Greenpeace activists who targeted Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire mansion in a protest have walked free from court. The protesters had been accused of damaging 15 roof slates during the five-hour demonstration at Mr Sunak’s home in Kirby Sigston last August.

Greenpeace activists who were charged with causing criminal damage at the home of former prime minister Rishi Sunak have had their case thrown out by a judge. Michael Grant, 64, Mathieu Soete, 38, Amy Rugg-Easey,

The campaigners had been accused of damaging 15 roof slates during the five-hour demonstration at the property in North Yorkshire

A judge has thrown out criminal damage charges against Greenpeace activists who scaled Rishi Sunak’s constituency home and draped it in black fabric, ruling that the evidence was too “tenuous” for them to be convicted.