Just Stop Oil | Court & Prison
A Just Stop Oil supporter who sprayed King’s College, Cambridge with orange paint in 2023 to demand an end to new oil and gas was found guilty at Peterborough Magistrates Court today. [1] On 12th October 2023, Chiara Sarti, a PhD student at King’s College, Cambridge, used a fire extinguisher to spray orange paint over […]
Over a thousand people have taken part in a peaceful demonstration blocking the road outside the Royal Courts of Justice. Inside, the appeal against the draconian sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil supporters last year is continuing. The mass appeal concerns 16 supporters with combined sentences of 41 years handed down between July and
Three Just Stop Oil supporters who sprayed red paint over the Treasury in 2022 have been found guilty by a jury today. They took action declaring that the UK government had blood on its hands as a result of its plans to encourage new oil and gas projects in the UK and its failure to
16 Just Stop Oil supporters are appealing their draconian sentences at the Court of Appeal today and tomorrow. The mass appeal concerns 16 political prisoners with combined sentences of 41 years handed down between July and September 2024.[1] All 16 Just Stop Oil supporters were jailed in the months following the publication of a report
Just Stop Oil supporter Gaie Delap, a 78 year old grandmother, who has been recalled to prison as her wrists are too small to fit an electronic monitoring tag, has been told she must serve a further 20 days in prison for being “unlawfully at large”. Gaie Delap took action in 2022 in support of
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Two Just Stop Oil Supporters who sprayed Heathrow departure boards with orange paint during the Oil Kills, international uprising to end fossil fuels last July have won a temporary reprieve as their jury failed to reach a majority decision. [1] Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil were appearing before Her Honour Judge Duncan at Isleworth Crown
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Three Just Stop Oil supporters who flyposted the offices of a former Conservative MP to draw attention to his lies about a proposed Cumbrian coal mine have been acquitted of criminal damage by a magistrate in Carlisle today. The trio took action in April 2024 to demand an end to new licences and consents for
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A vigil to mark Gaie’s 78th birthday will be held outside Eastwood Park Prison on the evening (5:30 – 7:00pm) Friday 10th January. It will be a peaceful and dignified silent Quaker-led occasion accompanied by family and friends. It is now three weeks since Gaie was arrested and returned to prison following systemic failings in
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A Just Stop Oil supporter who climbed an M25 gantry after an unprecedented 40C heatwave in the UK was found guilty by a jury in Chichester today. Abigail Percy Ratcliff took action in July 2022 to demand an end to new licences and consents for oil and gas projects in the UK, something which has
A family doctor has been sentenced to one year in prison for taking action with Just Stop Oil. Dr Patrick Hart took action in August 2022 to demand an end to new licences and consents for oil and gas projects in the UK, something which has subsequently become government policy. [1] Dr Patrick Hart appeared
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