A Vale woman is due in court for allegedly taking part in Extinction Rebellion protests at an Amazon warehouse.
Addie-May Swarbrick-Schwartz, 31, has been charged with obstructing or disrupting persons engaged in a lawful activity.
Swarbrick-Schwartz, of West Side in North Littleton, is said to have trespassed onto land owned by online retailer Amazon on November 26 of last year.
She is alleged to have placed herself on a "high bamboo structure" with the intention of obstructing or disrupting.
On the same day, Black Friday, police arrested dozens of climate change protesters who had caused blockades at Amazon warehouses across the country.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) said its demonstration took place at sites in Doncaster, Darlington, Newcastle, Manchester, Peterborough, Derby, Coventry, Rugeley, Dartford, Bristol, Tilbury, Milton Keynes and Dunfermline.
Activists arrived in the early hours to set up bamboo structures and “lock-ons”, and held banners urging Amazon to cut its emissions.
Some people could also be seen wearing masks of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and setting up tents on the road as police officers began to move in.
An XR spokesperson said at the time: “The action is intended to draw attention to Amazon’s exploitative and environmentally destructive business practices, disregard for workers’ rights in the name of company profits, as well as the wastefulness of Black Friday.
“The blockade is part of an international action by XR targeting 15 Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, aimed at highlighting Amazon’s ‘crimes’."
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Amazon said: “At Amazon, we take our responsibilities very seriously.
“That includes our commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040 – 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement – providing excellent pay and benefits in a safe and modern work environment, and supporting the tens of thousands of British small businesses who sell on our store.
“We know there is always more to do, and we’ll continue to invent and invest on behalf of our employees, customers, small businesses and communities in the UK."
Swarbrick-Schwartz is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court tomorrow, Thursday, November 17.
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