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A woman from Sussex has become the first in the country to be convicted of aggravated trespass in connection with the wave of Just Stop Oil protests at fuel sites, police confirmed today (Sunday, April 17).

Essex Police said Catherine Maclean had been charged with aggravated trespass after an incident in Thurrock on Wednesday (April 13).

The 64-year-old admitted the charge at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Saturday, April 16).

She was ordered to pay a total of £409, including a £270 fine, £105 in court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.

Maclean, of Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint, near Hassocks, appeared alongside James Skeet, 34, of Drayton Street, Manchester, and Stephanie Aylett, 27, of High Oaks, St Albans, at court yesterday, police said.

Sussex woman convicted for involvement in Just Stop Oil blockades at Essex fuel depots