The protester, among five accused of storming West End musical Les Miserables last month, asked for her trial to be delayed so she could go away.
Noah Crane, Hannah Taylor, Hanan Ameur, Poppy Bliss and Lydia Gribbin from Just Stop Oil outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court A judge has refused to delay the trial of Just Stop Oil protesters charged with storming a performance of West End musical, Les Miserables, at the request of one defendant who said they were flying to India. The performance at London’s Sondheim Theatre was halted around 9pm on October 5 after a group of activists invaded the stage.
District Judge Michael Snow set the trial date for February 5 next year. But Gribbin asked the judge if the hearing could be delayed until the end of February, as she will be away. The judge appeared less than impressed, responding: “I am afraid I am not going to wait for you to get back from India. “If you have to miss out on things, you have to miss out on things.” The estimated cost to the the theatre of cancelling the performance was £80,000.
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