07-03-2025 14:04 via theguardian.com

Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail sentences shortened after appeal

Judge says cofounder Roger Hallam’s term was ‘manifestly excessive’ as she cuts his and five other activists’ sentencesA lengthy jail sentence handed to the Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam was “manifestly excessive”, the country’s most senior judge has said, as she reduced his and five other climate protesters’ sentences on appeal.Hallam was originally jailed for five years for conspiring to disrupt traffic by having protesters climb on to gan
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