Protesters climbed the Queen Elizabeth II bridge in Dartford which saw traffic being stopped by police
Two protesters who scaled the Dartford Crossing bridge have been found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Just Stop Oil activists Morgan Trowland, 40, of Islington, London, and Marcus Decker, 34, of no fixed address, claimed it was a peaceful protest. The trial at Basildon Crown Court heard they scaled to a height of 200t of the bridge's cables in October last year.The crossing linking the M25 over the River Thames between Essex and Kent was closed from 04:00 BST on 17 October until 21:00 the following day.
During the trial jurors heard that after scaling the bridge cables they unfurled a Just Stop Oil banned and rigged up hammocks.He said their actions "caused gridlock for miles around throughout that period, which we say was the point."Trowland had said in evidence: "We climbed it [the bridge] to deliver a warning message, to put up a banner saying Just Stop Oil and to speak that message through interviews with journalists.
Excellent news.
10 years should do it