Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted March 7, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted March 7, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Climate activists will have sentences reduced Six climate change activists, including the founder of Just Stop Oil (JSO), have had their sentences reduced, the Court of Appeal has heard. Roger Hallam and 15 other protesters were jailed last year for their roles in four demonstrations held by JSO, including climbing on gantries over the M25 and throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting. They challenged their sentences at the Court of Appeal, with their lawyers claiming they were “manifestly excessive”. During the hearing, about two dozen JSO supporters stood up and turned their backs on the judges while wearing white T-shirts with the words “Corruption in Court”. In a judgment on Friday, the Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, Mr Justice Lavender and Mr Justice Griffiths ruled that six of the 16 should have their sentences reduced while dismissing the other appeals. Hallam was originally jailed for five years for agreeing to disrupt traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the M25 for four successive days. His sentence was reduced to four years. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Climate #activists #sentences #reduced This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/236359-climate-activists-will-have-sentences-reduced/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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