Occupy London Movement at St. Paul’s Cathedral Cost $1.7 Million

Occupy London protesters who camped outside St. Paul’s Cathedral for more than four months cost the City of London and its police authority more than 1.06 million pounds ($1.7 million) in legal and monitoring costs, according to their response to a Freedom of Information request.

The protest encampment, the anti-capitalism campaigners’ largest in London, cost the financial district 120,000 pounds in legal fees and 28,000 pounds in health and safety expenses, City of London Police said in an e-mail. The neighborhood’s police authority spent 525,257 pounds to move officers from other duties and 386,434 pounds in expenses such as overtime.