Fracking protesters walk free after court quashes 'excessive' sentences

Cheering supporters greet activists at prison gates after sentences are overturnedThree protesters jailed for blocking access to a fracking site walked free on Wednesday after the court of appeal quashed their sentences, calling them “manifestly excessive”.The activists, Simon Blevins, 26, Richard Roberts, 36, and Rich Loizou, 31, had been jailed after a four-week trial led to their convictions for causing a public nuisance for a protest at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in