Two Animal Rebellion activists from Norwich are in court facing charges over a protest that brought a dairy to a standstill.
Norwich women in court over Animal Rebellion dairy protest
Norwich women in court over Animal Rebellion dairy protest

Gabriella Ditton, 29, and Gemma Barnes, 33, were among nine people due to appear before Wycombe Magistrates Court on May 9 over a protest at the Arla Foods dairy at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

Groups of Animal Rebellion supporters with banners calling for a switch to ‘plant-based food system” stopped and climbed onto company trucks outside the factory on September 4 last year.

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Gabriella Ditton from Norwich who is among those charged following a protest at Arla Foods in Aylesbury (Image: Newsquest)

Thames Valley Police said 23 people had been arrested.

Ditton, of Silver Road, and Barnes, of Old Library Mews, are both charged with obstructing or disrupting lawful activity.

At the time, Animal Rebellion, who accused the companies of not ‘tackling the climate crisis’, said its activists had also let down the tyres of trucks, filled pipes with expanding foam, climbed milk silos and entered the sites’ loading bays.

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