Demonstrators hold placards in response to contempt of court action against Trudi Warner, 68
Activists have protested outside crown courts in England against the contempt of court action being taken against a woman for holding up a placard on the rights of jurors.
In response to the decision by the solicitor general, a government law officer, to pursue Trudi Warner, 68, for contempt of court, scores of people gathered outside crown courts on Monday holding placards that pronounced on the rights of juries to acquit a defendant according to their consciences.
Abi Perrin, a scientist involved in the protest said: “In 2023 telling the truth is being treated as a criminal act, with people prosecuted for displaying facts in public, and imprisoned for explaining their motivations in their own defence in a court of law.
“I am deeply afraid of a world where truth, science and morality are not important, or where we are not free to fight for them.”
In Bristol three generations of one family held placards outside the crown court.
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While Warner faces a possible jail sentence, a separate police investigation is taking place into allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice relating to at least 12 people who also stood outside Inner London crown court in May holding similar placards.
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Trudi Warner is a climate activist charged over holding the sign outside a hearing of Insulate Britain activists.