Five Just Stop Oil activists are being sentenced in Southwark this morning, facing as much as 10 years in prison for walking down the road.
The judge has already indicated that he intended to hand down "long, long sentences", saying that "facing the end of the world is neither here nor there".
The trial was witnessed by UN Special Rapporteur Michael Forst, who had this to say:
https://juststopoil.org/2024/07/11/5-just-stop-oil-supporters-found-guilty-as-un-slams-trial/
This is how the five were met at the court this morning โ ๐งก
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5 Just Stop Oil Supporters Found Guilty As UN Slams Trial โ Just Stop Oil
Five Just Stop Oil supporters were convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance at Southwark Crown Court today for planning to disrupt the M25 by climbing motorway gantries in November 2022, to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing, a demandโฆBertie (Just Stop Oil)
Aral Balkan
in reply to MiniMia ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ ๐ต๐ธ • • •Magnus Ahltorp
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •@aral I have attended a Crown Court session once. I canโt speak for all other Crown Courts, but the session I attended was the most blatant display of the British class system Iโve seen.
There were two people on trial after each other. A mailman that had stolen mail was very apologetic, but was treated with great disrespect by the judge.
The upper class person was on trial for drugging and raping minors, and was treated with great respect.