Just Stop Oil | Court & Prison
Three Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty of public nuisance at Guildford Crown Court today, after peacefully climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022, to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects.[1] Sam Holland, Rachel Payne and Isabel Rock took action on the M25 on 9th November 2022. They were among scores
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Eight Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty of public nuisance at Guildford Crown Court today, after peacefully disrupting the UK’s largest petrol station, to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects.[1] Michael Davies, Charles Laurie, Phoebe Frewer, Sophie Sharples, Tez Burns, Peter Lay, Gareth Harper and Emma Ireland took action at Cobham
Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been found not guilty of causing criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court today, following a three-day jury trial presided over by Judge Griffith. [1] On 1 July 2023, Arthur Clifton, 22, and Guido Wieser, 19, sprayed black and pink paint over the Coca-Cola float during the Pride march in
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Four Just Stop Oil supporters were given conditional discharges today after pleading guilty to “interfering with the use of key national infrastructure” by slow marching in 2023 to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing.[1] Ben Larsen, Tabitha King, Cathy Archer and Poppy Jabelman had joined a slow march at Hendon Way on
A Just Stop Oil supporter faces retrial after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in relation to her participation in the M25 gantry climbing actions in November 2022 demanding an end to new oil and gas licencing. [1] A 12-member jury at Southwark Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict in the
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The conditions state that I must not “associate with any person currently or formerly associated with Just Stop Oil” and that I should not “participate directly or indirectly in organising or contributing to any demonstration, meeting, gathering, or website without approval.”
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Three Just Stop Oil supporters have been handed nine-month custodial sentences, suspended for 21 months, and ordered to pay £1,000 each in compensation for spraying orange paint on the Wellington Arch in October 2023. The action was taken to demand that the UK government immediately halt all new oil and gas projects, a demand that
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Eight Just Stop Oil supporters were acquitted by District Judge Amanda Kelly at Horsham Magistrates Court today in the last trial related to the 2024 airports campaign. The group had taken action at Gatwick Airport to demand a fossil fuel treaty to end oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] The eight supporters were arrested
A Just Stop Oil supporter was given a community order today after being found guilty of spraying a university building to demand an end to new oil and gas licences. [1] Arthur Clifton, 23, was found guilty of causing criminal damage over £5,000 at Southwark Crown Court in April, following a 4 day jury trial
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Four Just Stop Oil supporters have been sentenced to prison in relation to an attempted action at Manchester Airport in August 2024. The four took action as part of the ‘Oil Kills’ international uprising, which occurred across 31 airports around the world, in order to demand a fossil fuel treaty to end the extraction and
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