TWENTY-ONE climate change protesters who occupied a Notts power station have been spared jail.
Police said 12 women and nine men aged 23 to 46 from across the country were charged with aggravated trespass in connection with the incident at the EDF Energy West Burton power plant last October.
They appeared at Nottingham Magistrates Court for sentencing today.
The campaigners, believed to be from the No Dash For Gas group, said they were protesting against moves to build gas-fired power stations, which depended on "polluting fossil fuels".
Arrests were made between October 29 and November 5, when the week-long protest came to an end, Notts Police said.
It is believed the incident cost around £200,000 to police.
A total of 21 people have admitted aggravated trespass, including six people from London. They are Danielle Paffard, 25; Lawrence Carter, 28; Graham Thompson, 39; Ewa Jasiewicz, 34; Alexander George, 32; and Hannah Davey, aged 34.
A further five people from Manchester have admitted the same offence. They are Aneaka Kellay, 27; Rachael Thomson, 3l; Alison Cegielka, 27; Alison Garrigan, 26; and Thomas Spencer, 27.
And three women from Leeds have also admitted the same offence - Kristina Goodwin-Jones, 26; Sophia Coles-Riley, 25 and 33-year-old Claire Fauset - along with two men, Daniel Chivers, 34 and David Shakespeare, 27, and a 26-year-old woman, Claudia Comberti, all from Oxford.
Alistair Cannell, 23, from Brighton; Paul Morozzo, 46, of Wadsworth, West Yorkshire; Hannah Lewis, 29, of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and Daniel Quiggan, 29, of Bristol, have also admitted aggravated trespass.
Five of the defendants were given conditional discharges and the others community service orders.
