Three climate activists have vowed to 'fight on', despite being found guilty of criminal damage, after supergluing themselves to the inside of a Barclays branch in St Albans.
The Extinction Rebellion members attended a trial for the offence - which took place on March 11 - at St Albans Magistrates Court on Friday, December 16.
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Sue Hampton of Berkhamsted, and Phil Fletcher and Nigel Harvey of St Albans, were each ordered to pay a third of the cost of cleaning the bank's windows, after being found guilty of criminal damage.
The trio have now stated that this penalty will not deter them from committing further protest action.
Phil Fletcher said: "Barclays is by far the largest financer of fossil fuels in Europe.
"They are actively driving the climate crisis.
"Their actions will mean longer and hotter heatwaves, more droughts, and more flooding."
Nigel Harvey added: “Within the last two months, HSBC and Lloyds have both announced that they will cease financing new oil and gas projects.
"Barclays should follow their lead. But instead, they seem determined to ignore the science, and to carry on financing the oil and gas sector, in spite of the risks to humanity.”
Sue Hampton said: “I have no doubt that before long Barclays will be in the dock, along with companies like Shell and Exxon, whose new oil and gas projects they are financing.
"I glued my hand to the glass to say: 'No'.
"Enough now. Stop the harm.”
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