A woman from east Suffolk has been found not guilty of obstructing traffic during a Just Stop Oil protest in central London. 

On November 6 last year protests caused major disruption in the capital as they went past the Cenotaph in Whitehall towards Parliament Square. 

Queues of traffic built up as they began slow marching in the road which delayed buses and meant diversions had to be put in place. 

Forty-year-old Lora Johnson, of Reydon near Southwold, took part in a second march on the same day which involved a group of about 25 women who were holding placards referring to mothers and grandmothers. 

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Johnson, who did not attend court, was found not guilty following a trial at Stratford Magistrates' Court. 

Deputy District Judge Patricia Evans said the protest involving Johnson was "short and of less impact to other road users".

No prior notification of the demonstrations were given by Just Stop Oil except to state there would be a month of protest action taking place during that period of the year.

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Stratford Magistrates' Court heard how some protestors did not co-operate with officers when they were arrested and sat or laid down in the road after they were detained.

At the end of the two-day hearing, 70-year-old Ben Plumpton of Charlestown in West Yorkshire, 38-year-old Gregory Sculthorpe of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, 60-year-old Naomi Goddard of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire and 52-year-old Kate Bramfitt of Hexham in Northumberland were all found guilty of wilfully obstructing a highway. 

They were each given a conditional discharge for nine months and ordered to pay a £26 victim surcharge and £310 costs, except for Bramfitt whose costs were reduced to £200 after she described herself as "economically inactive".