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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Damien Gayle

Climate protest trial turns to chaos as defendants defy court rules

Roger Hallam in front of Extinction Rebellion symbol
Roger Hallam, on trial for conspiring to block traffic on the M25 in 2022, said he wanted to ‘speak the whole truth’. Photograph: Ollie Millington/Getty

There was chaos in the courtroom at a climate protest trial when two defendants stood and made statements defying the authority of the court.

At separate points during the trial on Thursday, Roger Hallam and Daniel Shaw, charged along with three others with conspiring to block traffic on the M25 in 2022, stood up in front of the jury and spoke out of turn.

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