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Just Stop Oil climate protesters not jailed over track invasion at British Grand Prix

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Just Stop Oil protest at Silverstone Grand Prix

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/31/climate-protesters-spared-from-jail-over-track-invasion-at-british-grand-prix

Six climate crisis protesters have been spared jail after a track invasion that risked “serious harm” to Formula One drivers and marshals at last year’s British Grand Prix.

Louis McKechnie, Emily Brocklebank and Bethany Mogie, who were among five Just Stop Oil campaigners who were dragged off the circuit at Silverstone as two Formula One cars passed close by, were given suspended jail sentences at Northampton crown court on Friday.

Passing sentence, Mr Justice Garnham also handed 12-month community orders to fellow protesters David Baldwin, Alasdair Gibson and Joshua Smith.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/31/climate-protesters-spared-from-jail-over-track-invasion-at-british-grand-prix

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Just Stop Oil QEII Bridge activist ‘was delivering climate warning’

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11.15am The video changed shortly after I posted. It was originally far more critical of UK government and urging people to take action, far more like this one ;)

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65127506

A Just Stop Oil protester has told jurors he climbed the Dartford Crossing bridge to deliver a “warning message”.

Morgan Trowland, 40, of Islington, north London, and Marcus Decker, 34, of no fixed address, are on trial accused of causing a public nuisance.

The court has heard the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, linking the M25 in Essex and Kent, was closed between 04:00 BST on 17 October and 21:00 the following day.

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“We climbed it to deliver a warning message – to put up a banner saying ‘Just Stop Oil’ and to speak that message through interviews with journalists,” he told Basildon Crown Court.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-65127506

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