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Just Stop Oil activists found guilty over M25 disruption plans

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UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention Michel Forst attended the trial of five Just Stop Oil supporters at Southwark Crown Court. He attended as an observer because of his serious concerns.

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JUST STOP OIL (JSO) supporters convicted of causing public nuisance by planning to disrupt the M25 to demand an end to new oil and gas licencing have been found guilty.

JSO co-founder Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Louise Lancaster and Cressida Gethin have been remanded until their sentencing hearing next Thursday and face lengthy prison sentences, despite the United Nations’ condemnation of the trial.

The jury entered guilty verdicts against all defendants yesterday, ruling that the climate crisis was “irrelevant” to the trial.

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

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

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.

A 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.

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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.”

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