Four people were arrested at the Prime Minister’s estate in North Yorkshire today (Tuesday).
North Yorkshire Police have just revealed that they detained the men in the grounds of Rishi Sunak’s house at Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton.
The force issued a statement about the incident tonight.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “We have arrested four people in the grounds of the Prime Minister’s constituency home this afternoon.
“Our officers were with the four men within one minute of them entering the grounds.
“They were detained at around 12.40pm before being escorted off the property and arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.”
The men – aged 52 from London, 43 from Bolton, 21 from Manchester, and 20 from Chichester – remain in police custody for questioning.
A video has been released by protest group Youth Demand showing a young man entering the Prime Minister’s property and appearing to defecate in a lake.
The group said the action was a “parting gift” for the Prime Minister and the Conservative Government.
In a press release, the group identified the man in the video as Oliver, 21, a student from Manchester, and included a statement from him.
“We have so much to thank the Tories for: from crumbling schools, shit in the rivers and a collapsing NHS; to creating a nation with more food banks than McDonalds and 4.3 million UK children living in poverty,” he said.
“From allowing their mates to get filthy rich from selling weapons to battle-test on toddlers in Gaza, or by drilling for more oil as the world burns – it’s quite a legacy!”
Youth Demand describes itself as a campaign calling for an arms embargo on Israel, as well as for the Government to revoke all new oil and gas licences granted since 2021.
Earlier this year the Prime Minister condemned the group after it staged a demonstration outside the home of Labour leader Keir Starmer.
The demonstrators hung a banner outside Sir Keir’s house that read: “Starmer stop the killing” surrounded by red hand prints.
It is not the first time police have tackled intruders at Mr Sunak’s home.
Last August, Greenpeace protesters draped his house with anti-oil and gas banners while the PM and his family were away.
Police made a number of arrests on the day.
Four people appeared in court charged with criminal damage in March. They are due to go to trial in July.
