A 91-YEAR-old man has denied disobeying a police condition during a demonstration as Extinction Rebellion activists sought to blockade the Port of Dover.

John Lynes walked with a cane as he appeared before a judge on Wednesday charged in connection with the environmental protest on September 21.

During the demonstration protesters occupied one side of a dual carriageway at the busy Kent trade hub amid a heavy police presence.

Protesters were told they could demonstrate in an area cordoned off for their use on the westbound A20, but risked arrest if they tried to block eastbound lanes used by lorries to access ferries.

Eight people appeared at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court in connection with the incident, including Lynes and a woman aged 83.

All were charged with failing to comply with a condition at a public assembly - referring to a section 14 order made by Kent Police.

Wearing a grey coat and glasses, Lynes, of Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, pleaded not guilty.

Also pleading not guilty were Tobias Jackson, 48, of Victoria Avenue, Hastings, East Sussex; Jessica Luby, 38, of Lower Park Road, Hastings, East Sussex; Luke Mallett, 22, of Sturry Road, Canterbury, Kent; Ursula Pethick, 83, of Langham Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex; and Ronald West, 67, of South Way, Lewes, East Sussex.

John Halladay, 61, of St Augustines Road, Canterbury, also pleaded not guilty to being an organiser of a public assembly failing to comply with a condition.

Jackson, Luby, Mallet and West were bailed to attend trial at the same court on December 10.

Halladay, Pethick and Lynes were bailed to attend trial at the same court on December 5.