Stephen Pritchard, 63, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court for his part in an Insulate Britain demonstration in 2021.
Insulate Britain said Pritchard is one of the first protestors to be convicted of causing a public nuisance - a common law offence which carries and maximum penalty of lifetime imprisonment.
5 years would be a more appropriate sentence.
Hope a hefty fine was paid also..
They are not protesters, they act like terrorists. They should be jailed for few years. ClimateScam ClimateTerrorists
Should have been at least a year.
Yes, this is precisely what they are doing!
You sure you can say this? If they claim their actions are in response to climate change then that is now classed as contempt of court. Accordingly, you are no longer allowed to explain the motivations of your own actions as a defence. Now illegal. You have been warned.
Yet Alex Belfield was jailed for 5 years for upsetting a few Luvvies.
Should have been 5 years!
You know the inmates are going to make him eat meat.!
Good news day
Excellent news.
Should have given them 2 years. The knobs
Yes 👍👍👍. Now contain the rest of them
A dumb thing to do for two reasons One, it inconveniences people on their travels, and achieves nothing. Two, there is no such thing as climate change. It is just another concocted load of bull to make money from the gullible.
Shouldn’t the courts wait for Gary’s approval first ?
pity it was not 5 years. send a stronger message.
Good Lord the comments here proving that the gov't propaganda is working.
Should of been a year at least !
Deserved it as well
Pathetic. Should’ve been longer
Good
They probly won't be put away bot of community service
First of many with any luck.
Joke sentence, should have been 5 years.
Bravo 👏 at least it’s a start
Not lo g enough.
Shame. Should replace the weeks with years and it'd be about right.
That is good news. If they try it again, we can give them a longer sentence.
Should have got at least 12 months and be put on a list.
Clearly a lot of tweeters have no interest in the climate damage their children and grandchildren will inherit, if they survive at all! 'Blow you Jack, pull up the ladder' clearly their only selfish interest. CorruptToryPropoganda
Fantastic, hope a lesson learnt!!
Five weeks not long enough
When will they go to Ukraine and protest? I’m sure the war is not carbon neutral.
good!
NOT ENOUGH
What sort of country jails peaceful protesters?
If this judgment was coming from Africa you would have say it is against fundamental human rights and freedom of speech but now is perfect because it’s coming from you what a double standard
Climate Change has been happening for millions of years.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Need longer 2bh. Like 5 - 10 yrs
5 weeks? Should have been longer.
But I’ve been told countless times by some weird right wing oddballs on Twitter that nothing ever happens to these protesters?
Great news
Should be given 3 months for obstruction of highways
Not long enough
I wonder the impact of those 5 weeks on not just the protester but, of course.. the wider environment
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