Two Just Stop Oil protesters who poured liquid latex over a dummy robot at a Tesla store have been found guilty of £21 of criminal damage.

Retired tax adviser and part-time chess coach Nigel Fleming, 64, and retired teacher Catherine Nash, 75, were given a month-long conditional discharge.

They were released with no further action, but will still get a criminal record.

And if they commit another crime, they can be sentenced for the first offence and the new one.

Image: Nigel Fleming. Pic: PA

Fleming and Nash caused £21.78 of criminal damage after they walked into the Westfield Tesla store in Shepherd's Bush in March and poured orange liquid latex over a mannequin Optimus robot, which had to be cleaned.

They also unfurled a banner and made political statements about Tesla owner

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