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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Callum Parke

Extinction Rebellion co-founder loses appeal over Heathrow drone conspiracy

The co-founder of environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion has lost a Court of Appeal bid to have a conviction for conspiring to fly drones over Heathrow to close it, quashed.

Roger Hallam and Larch Maxey were convicted of conspiring to cause a public nuisance in 2023, but were spared jail in April last year, instead being given two-year sentences, suspended for 18 months.

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