Just Stop Oil protestors jailed over the M25 protests will be aided in their appeals by green groups
Just Stop Oil protesters Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, Cressida Gethin, Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw and Roger Hallam are to appeal their jail terms
Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam was jailed for five years and activists Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin wereFriends of the Earth said it and Greenpeace UK have been allowed to intervene in support of the five when they challenge their jail terms in court next month.
Prosecution barristers told the court this led to 50,000 hours of vehicle delay, an economic hit of at least £765,000, and cost the Metropolitan Police more than £1.1m.Katie de Kauwe, senior lawyer at FoE said the sentences showed "the chilling effect of the previous government's anti-protest laws".
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