An eco-zealot who strapped himself to a goalpost during the Everton versus Newcastle football match last night is an Insulate Britain protester who bragged about being welcomed in prison.
Louis McKechnie stormed the pitch half way through the Premier League bout and zip-tied himself to the woodwork wearing a bright orange t-shirt saying: 'Just stop oil.'
The 21-year-old halted play for seven minutes before the stadium's staff prised him free with a huge pair of bolt cutters and hauled him off the pitch.
Ahead of the latest climate stunt to hit the UK, he released a rambling video trying to justify himself, claiming 'as many people as possible need to know what a possible future holds'.
Despite his age, McKechnie is a seasoned disruptor who has caused havoc in recent months with Insulate Britain's protests on major UK roads.
The mechanical engineering student was one of nine demonstrators hauled to the High Court for breaking a government injunction stopping the thugs gluing themselves to carriageways including the M25 last year.
The lout was locked up for three months in HMP Thameside, but on his release after half that time he boasted how he had been 'terrified' but was welcomed by other lags who he claimed were 'entertained' by his protests.
He told LBC in January: 'My experience of prison has emboldened me to take any future action regardless of whether prison is a consequence.'
He continued: 'I feel that if we were able to save these 8,000 to 30,000 lives that are lost every year to fuel poverty, I'd spend the rest of my life in prison for that.'
He added: 'I see the only way that these protests will stop is when our demands are met. When the Government acts on the climate crisis, acts on fuel poverty and stands up for its own people.'
Last night McKechnie raced from the stands and strapped himself upright to the goalpost - with a zip tie around his neck - before the stewards could react.
The struggling fan was finally prised away from the post after a huge pair of bolt cutters were fetched - and he was escorted off the field by police and stewards.
Players from both teams were livid as they watched on and were forced to loiter around on the pitch for around seven minutes.
It came a day after a different man wearing a similar top was stopped from attaching himself to one of the posts during Arsenal's clash against Liverpool.
McKechnie posted a pre-recorded video from outside Goodison Park on social media before the reckless stunt, claiming people needed to know about the dangers of the future.
He said: 'I'm about to disrupt a football match and I'm terrified. But I believe as many people as possible need to know what a possible future holds.
'Billions of people not knowing if they should stay in their homes or if they should of if they should leave where they go as countries become too hot to live in.
'Mass starvation due to crop failure, it's fighting for bread, in the bakery aisle of Morrisons, the cost of living crisis, Covid and the war in Ukraine are showcasing this future.
'I want my government to do all they can to stop this coming true but they are expanding oil and gas making things worse, increasing the risk.
'We know this because the international energy agency told us no new oil and gas from 2021. If government's are serious about this action on the climate.
'We are calling on ordinary people to join thousands in mass civil resistance this spring. Hundreds and hundreds of people of all ages have signed up to support the demand of no new oil and gas.
'Just stop oil. It's a no brainer first step to stop the harm. It starts in the following weeks.'
Just Stop Oil added: 'It's 2022 and it's time to look up, time to step up and not stand by. It's time to act like it's an emergency.
'Report after report is telling me that my future is going to be dire, and my government is telling me not to worry and pay into a pension.
'My generation is being shafted — we face a cost of living crisis, a housing crisis, a fuel crisis and an unlivable planet — but we have a choice.
'We can choose to highlight that our climate is breaking down, we can choose to resist this government that is betraying us, we can choose to step up and not stand by.'
Last week Just Stop Oil targeted the Baftas and launched a protest on the red carpet where they chanted just stop oil at celebrities as they arrived.
Protesters outside the Royal Albert Hall in London could be heard chanting 'just stop oil' and banging drums while surrounded by a barrier of police.
A statement from the organisation said 30 young supporters of the campaign disrupted the event to 'demand an end to new fossil fuel projects in the UK'.
They denied the protest was a publicity stunt, instead branding it 'a cry for help from a generation who has the most to lose' and said it was not targeted at Bafta or the film industry.
Bafta said the activists accessed the red carpet from the street and did not cause significant disruption as guests were just re-routed.
The organisation said there was no threat to any guests, they did not gain access to restricted areas and that the protest was peaceful.
A video shared online showed a security guard addressing colleagues in an earpiece and asking them to 'get everyone off the red carpet' as soon as they can.
Faith Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, added: 'If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now - from this year.'
The group, who said they were all under the age of 30, disrupted the red carpet event at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a reference to the recent film they wore T-shirts reading 'Just look up' and 'Just Stop Oil'.
In statements shared on the Just Stop Oil website, Claudia, 23, said: 'I am here supporting Just Stop Oil because I am absolutely terrified about our future.
'Last year the UK government's former chief scientific advisor warned us that what we do within the next 3-4 years will determine the future of humanity.
'Yet our government, knowing this, knowing that continuing to support the oil industry is a death sentence for us all, remains determined to drag us down this path of suffering and destruction. And the mainstream media doesn't care.
'So we are asking those with power and influence to use it, to do what is necessary, and use their platform to demand the government just stop oil. We have to act like our lives depend on it, because they do.'
Dillon Parsons, 20, an aspiring filmmaker at the University for the Creative Arts, said: 'I don't want to disrupt the BAFTAS but feel I have no choice because of the danger we are all in.
'This is not a protest against the BAFTAs or the film industry, nor is it a publicity stunt. We couldn't care less who wins what award. This is a cry for help from a generation who has the most to lose.'
The group say actions will continue to escalate until the government makes a meaningful commitment to stop new fossil fuel.
Last month Just Stop Oil supporters delivered a letter to Downing Street asking the PM to bring an end to investment in new fossil fuel supply projects and warning the group will take direct action if they do.
Just Stop Oil said a reply received by the group from BEIS indicates the government has no intention of ending new fossil fuel supply.
A spokesman for Bafta said the activists did not cause any disruption to the ceremony and guests were re-rerouted away from the protest, which they described as peaceful.
They added the demonstrators were able to access the red carpet from the street but did not gain access to any restricted areas.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week said Saudi Arabia could 'help people at the petrol pumps' amid the ongoing crisis. His comments came after inconclusive talks with the country's controversial ruler.
The Prime Minister failed to finalise a deal in the desert on increasing oil production during almost two hours of talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh.
But speaking after the meeting, he described the discussions as 'very productive' and said it was vital to keep talking to the Saudis despite their abysmal human rights record.
Opposition MPs had urged Mr Johnson to cancel the visit after Saudi Arabia carried out the mass execution of 81 prisoners at the weekend.
In an embarrassing development, the state-run Saudi Press Agency announced three more individuals had been executed on the day of Mr Johnson's visit. Last night, the PM said he had raised human rights with the leader.
But he added: 'We also talked about what we can do to stabilise oil prices, to fight inflation, to help consumers, to help people at the gas pumps, at the petrol pumps, and a lot of agreement that it is important to avoid inflation, to avoid the damaging economic consequences, agreement that we need to work together to bring peace to Ukraine.'
The PM was asked whether states like Saudi Arabia who are members of the oil producers' cartel Opec understood the importance of increasing supplies at a time when the West is trying to wean itself off Russian oil and gas.
He replied: 'There's an interest for Saudi Arabia, for all oil-producing and exporting countries, in making sure that the global economy is not damaged by the current spikes, that we don't get the kind of inflation that we saw in the 1970s, we don't see the stagflation. So it was a very productive conversation.'
But pressed on if he had won a decision on increasing supply to reduce the shock of the West moving away from Russian fuel, he said: 'I think you need to talk to the Saudis about that.'
Mr Johnson, who shook hands with the Saudi crown prince accused of ordering the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisted closer ties with the kingdom did not mean 'we can't stick to our principles'.
At his first stop in Abu Dhabi, where he met UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Mr Johnson pointed towards Saudi Arabia announcing a £1billion investment in green aviation fuel in Teesside.
'That's the kind of thing we want to encourage - doesn't in any way mean we can't stick to our principles and raise those issues that we all care about.'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the PM of 'going cap in hand from dictator to dictator', which he said was 'not an energy strategy'. But he stopped short of saying Labour would boycott Saudi oil.
Maya Foa, director of human rights advocacy group Reprieve, said the Saudis' decision to execute three people while Mr Johnson was visiting was a 'provocative act, designed to flaunt the crown prince's power and impunity to the world'.