ACHARITY director has questioned whether putting medical professionals “behind bars” is in the public interest as six medics face imprisonment for raising awareness of climate change’s impact on public health.
The medics, who in 2022 cracked panes of glass at JP Morgan’s offices in Canary Wharf, London, could lose their professional status.
They plastered posters on the office reading: “In case of medical climate emergency break glass,” during a record-breaking heatwave.
Despite acknowledging in a leaked report that climate change was a threat to the human race, JP Morgan has poured £339 billion into the fossil fuel sector since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Psychiatrist Dr Juliette Brown, dementia nurse Maggie Fay, GPs Dr David McKelvey, Dr Patrick Hart, consultant Dr Alice Clack and mental health specialist Ali Rowe are on trial this week for criminal damage at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
The medics have been denied all legal defences by the judge, echoing clampdowns on other climate protesters.
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