Just Stop Oil protester who scaled M25 gantry sparking Heathrow disruption says she’d do it again

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Nearly 4,000 British Airways customers were affected by the protest

Just Stop Oil activist Cressida Gethin pictured with naturalist Chris Packham.
Just Stop Oil activist Cressida Gethin pictured with naturalist Chris Packham.

Just Stop Oil protester who disrupted thousands of journeys at Heathrow by scaling a gantry above the M25 has said she would repeat the stunt.

Cressida Gethin, 22, climbed the gantry in July 2022 to protest the UK reaching its hottest temperature on record, 40C (104F), the day before.

As a result of the protest by the climate activist group, 3,923 British Airways customers were affected by cancellations and delays, a court heard in February.

The protester faces being sent to prison when she is sentenced next month.

In an interview with environmentalist Chris Packham, Gethin said she would like to speak to some of the people affected by the protest as she said that she would have no hesitation protesting in the same way again.

Gethin added that she faced a “very real moral dilemma of knowing that people would be stuck in their cars and missing important events”. 

She continued: “I heard one person missed their parent’s funeral, which I would never want. It doesn’t sit easy with me.”

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/just-stop-oil-protest-m25-heathrow-cressida-gethin-b1151683.html

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