00:00Jurors deliberated for about 90 minutes on Thursday and found the unemployed 30-year-old
00:07guilty of intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance with the stunt, which they
00:14were told cost taxpayers an estimated £67,000. A handful of supporters sat in the public
00:22gallery while others gathered in front of the court building chanting Free Palestine.
00:26The three-day trial heard Day's protest led to the closure of Bridge Street, the primary
00:33junction next to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge, closing traffic and
00:38pedestrian access off the embankment and shutting parts of Parliament Square at certain times.
00:45Mattresses were put down at the base of the tower to try to protect the climber because
00:51he was in a precarious position at height.
00:54Transport for London lost an estimated £25,000 in bus fares as diversions were put in place
01:01and routes curtailed, while at one point sympathetic protesters blocked a fire engine as onlookers
01:07with Palestine flags cheered. Slightly more than 2,500 visits, largely by tourists, two
01:14parliaments had to be cancelled. CCTV, previously played in court, showed Day wearing a black
01:21coat and a baseball cap using his hands to scale the building while holding a Palestine flag.
01:27Lebanon was put in a black coat assume the fact.
01:27You
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