EXTINCTION Rebellion protesters (XR) including an 83-year-old appeared in court yesterday in connection with disruption to the transport network during the Thursday morning rush hour.

British Transport Police (BTP) said Mark Ovland, 36, from Keinton Mandeville in Somerset, is charged with breaching his bail conditions when he allegedly disrupted a Jubilee Line train at Canning Town station in east London at around 6.45am.

He has been described by one XR activist as a “revolutionary mystic.”

He was arrested alongside another man, a 35-year-old from Filton in South Gloucestershire, who was arrested on suspicion of obstructing the railway.

The unnamed man has been released on bail.

Four others were charged in connection with an incident at Shadwell station, east London, on the DLR.

Two other men were each arrested at Stratford station on suspicion of obstructing the railway, BTP said. They have been released on bail.