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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Insulate Britain activists found guilty over London roadblock

Police removing an Insulate Britain protester from the road in Bishopsgate
The jury was told that the 25 October 2021 roadblock took three hours to clear. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock

Three Insulate Britain activists have been found guilty of causing a public nuisance by a jury for a two-hour sit-down blockade of traffic.

The three, Helen Redfern, Simon Reding and Catherine Rennie-Nash, were banned from talking about the climate crisis or the role of insulation in cutting greenhouse gas emissions as they presented their case to the jury at Inner London crown court. The same restriction has been placed on other Insulate Britain defendants in previous trials for public nuisance relating to peaceful protests taken as part of the group’s campaign for better insulation in UK homes.

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