[UK] Man charged over plans to disrupt London Stock Exchange

The Metropolitan Police announced that a man has been charged in relation to a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange, MSN reports.

Sean Middleborough (31) from Liverpool, was scheduled to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court on January 16, charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

Five further people were reportedly arrested in London, Liverpool and Brighton on January 14.

The Met said that activists from the group Palestine Action were allegedly plotting to target the London Stock Exchange on Monday, January 15.

Met representatives stated that the activists had been planning to stop the exchange from opening for trading by "locking on" to the building and causing damage.

The Met added that there was a "suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action".

The arrests were reportedly prompted by information shared by the Daily Express.

Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas described the series of arrests as "significant".

A 29-year-old woman from Brent in north London, a 23-year-old man from Tower Hamlets in east London, two women, aged 28 and 26, from Liverpool and a 27-year-old man who was arrested in Brighton were all bailed pending further inquiries.

Source: MSN

(Quotes via original reporting)

The Metropolitan Police announced that a man has been charged in relation to a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange, MSN reports.

Sean Middleborough (31) from Liverpool, was scheduled to appear at Wirral Magistrates' Court on January 16, charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

Five further people were reportedly arrested in London, Liverpool and Brighton on January 14.

The Met said that activists from the group Palestine Action were allegedly plotting to target the London Stock Exchange on Monday, January 15.

Met representatives stated that the activists had been planning to stop the exchange from opening for trading by "locking on" to the building and causing damage.

The Met added that there was a "suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action".

The arrests were reportedly prompted by information shared by the Daily Express.

Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas described the series of arrests as "significant".

A 29-year-old woman from Brent in north London, a 23-year-old man from Tower Hamlets in east London, two women, aged 28 and 26, from Liverpool and a 27-year-old man who was arrested in Brighton were all bailed pending further inquiries.

Source: MSN

(Quotes via original reporting)