Yorkshire councillor sent to jail for second time after Just Stop Oil protest

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The campaigners are demanding urgent action to address climate change

More than 50 Just Stop Oil protesters breached a court order after blockading the Kingsbury oil terminal in Warwickshire.

The defendants stated they would immediately return to the Kingsbury terminal to breach the injunction if released on bail. In response, 21 protesters in London and 30 in Birmingham were remanded to jail and are due to appear at court again this week.Cllr Theresa Norton, pictured on the right wearing a khaki-coloured hat, at the protest outside the oil terminal.

“Two years of a global pandemic, endured by those who stuck to the rules and the essential workers whom we were encouraged to thank – not through pay rises, but by clapping their fortitude. The Labour councillor, who represents the Eastfield ward, was arrested four times in eight days in September 2021 after joining demonstrations on the London motorway.

 

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