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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit

Gaie Delap.
Gaie Delap has been detained at Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire. Photograph: Brian Farmer/PA

A 77-year-old environmental activist will spend Christmas in prison despite having been released on an electronic tag, because the authorities cannot find an electronic device small enough to fit her wrists.

Gaie Delap, a retired teacher and a Quaker from Bristol, was jailed in August, along with four co-defendants, for her part in a campaign of disruptive Just Stop Oil protests on the M25 in November 2022.

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