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Posted: 2024-02-02T22:46:02Z | Updated: 2024-02-02T22:46:02Z

A British court on Friday dismissed charges against Greta Thunberg and four co-defendants, after finding significant deficiencies in the evidence brought by by the prosecution.

In October, the 21-year-old Swedish climate activist was arrested for disobeying police while protesting outside an oil and gas conference in London. Fellow activists Christofer Kebbon, Joshua James Unwin, Jeff Rice and Peter Barker were arrested alongside her.

While a responding officer claimed the group had illegally blocked access to the forum, District Judge John Law found the police orders to disperse were so unclear that it was unlawful.

Law also highlighted a general lack of evidence that the peaceful, civilized and nonviolent protest was all that disruptive.