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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Damien Gayle

Climate activists on trial for blocking of M25 defy court to address jurors

Roger Hallam.
Roger Hallam: ‘I’m under oath to tell the whole truth … this relates to … what it means for there to be an existential risk to human existence.’ Photograph: Ollie Millington/Getty Images

Two climate activists on trial for conspiring to block the M25 have defied a court and attempted to address jurors about the perilous consequences of climate breakdown.

Roger Hallam, who spoke extensively in the witness box on Tuesday and Daniel Shaw, who began his evidence on Wednesday, ignored attempts at cross-examination and directions from the judge, and spoke about the dangers the world faces.

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