Court & Prison

The hearing to finalise Shell’s anti-protest injunctions against 13 Just Stop Oil supporters and persons unknown has concluded. Judgement will be given at a later date, but lawyers acting for Shell have said that the company will not be seeking costs for anyone named on the injunction owing to the substantive submissions made in court. […]

Today, at the High Court, two Just Stop Oil supporters are directly challenging Shell ‘s anti-protest injunctions, while 13 are refusing to sign undertakings not to take action at oil terminals, petrol stations and Shell’s HQ in future.[1] The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice is before Mr Justice Dexter Dias. It relates to

Two Just Stop Oil supporters who glued onto the frame of a Turner masterpiece as part of a wave of actions targeting art galleries in 2022, were acquitted today. They took action demanding that the UK government halts all licensing and consents for new fossil fuel exploration and extraction – a demand that is now

Five Just Stop Oil supporters have been remanded to prison, after appearing at Manchester Magistrates Court this morning. The five were arrested yesterday, in relation to ongoing nonviolent action being taken at airports around the world. In recent weeks, Just Stop Oil has been acting with groups internationally, to demand governments establish a Fossil Fuel

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been imprisoned after painting Heathrow airport yesterday. Just Stop Oil is working with groups internationally to demand governments establish a fossil fuel treaty, to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030. [1] Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil appeared before Judge Neeta Minhasat at Westminster

Eight Just Stop Oil supporters have been remanded to prison as the UK has joined other countries as part of Oil Kills- the international uprising, demanding the UK government commit to an emergency treaty to end the extraction and burning of fossil fuels by 2030. [1] On Tuesday, seven Just Stop Oil supporters Sean O’Callaghan

Two Just Stop Oil supporters, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, who threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” to demand that the UK government halt all new oil and gas projects, have been found guilty of criminal damage exceeding £5,000. [1] [2] Judge Hehir has warned the pair to expect a custodial sentence. Sentencing will

In an obscene perversion of justice, five Just Stop Oil supporters were handed multi-year prison sentences today for nothing more than attending a Zoom call. [1] At Southwark Crown Court, Judge Christopher Hehir jailed Roger Hallam (57, from Wales) for five years, whilst Daniel Shaw (38, from Northampton), Lucia Whittaker De Abreu (34, from Derby),

Two Just Stop Oil supporters, Margaret Reid and Eddie Whittingham, were sentenced today at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court following their conviction for disrupting the World Snooker Championship at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre last April. They interrupted the championship to call on the government to stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and to encourage UK sporting institutions