Lucas, 53, denies both charges of wilfully obstructing a public highway and breaching section 14 of the Public Order Act in refusing to comply with a police condition to relocate to a specified protest area.

The trial heard evidence from the prosecution of thecircumstances of the Brighton Pavilion MP’s arrest on 19 August 2013, the UK's Press Association newswire reported.

The court was shown a video of her arrest outside the Cuadrilla Resources site near the village of Balcombe in West Sussex.

Prosecutor