A scaffolder who shoved Just Stop Oil protesters in a bid to clear the road has had his legal case dropped after eight months.
Louis Grieves, 22, was arrested for common assault after he shoved two protesters on Blackfriars Bridge in London last May.
The scaffolder only found out his case was dropped just moments before he was set to appear in court.
Prosecutors told City of London JPs there was insufficient evidence to proceed. Grieves said: “I’m glad it’s all over.”
Grieves previously told GB News he has no regrets for taking matters into his own hands.
Speaking to Patrick Christys in May he said: “The police officers should have been detained.
“There was two officers and one of them was violent, I’ve had a lot of messages saying it looked like the officer was out there to hurt me.
“I don’t believe that, but in this incident, I do believe the Met has messed up.”
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A spokesperson from Just Stop Oil said: “We wish him well”, but added he had got off lightly compared to some jailed protesters.
A spokesperson from the Met told The Sun: “We have no further comment.”
Grieves told Patrick Christys that failing to get to work greatly affects his day-to-day earnings and financial situation.
He added that countless others held up by Just Stop Oil protestors suffering from similar problems, saying: “The people they’re stopping are the people who are paying their taxes which actually goes into the fund which the Government gets to spend.
“Why would they want to stop that? If you want to have a real effect, go to the people who can make a change.”
Just Stop Oil continued their campaign of demonstrations against the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill earlier this week outside the Houses of Parliament.
A JSO supporter and doctor of infectious diseases Kush Naker said: “This bill shows us what the Government’s true priorities are, they are happy to sacrifice the lives of the British public just to maximise the oil company profits
“This Government is addicted to oil, even though it is killing us. It’s like we have got cancer, but the Government is still forcing us to smoke more cigarettes.”
“Many Tory MPs know they’ll be kicked out at the next election, so they’ve become even more unhinged.”
