Judge throws out case against UK climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights

Trudi Warner, who has waited for a year to find out if she will be prosecuted for contempt of court, said she was feeling ‘very relieved’. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

A high court judge has thrown out an attempt by the government’s most senior law officer to prosecute a woman for holding a placard on jury rights outside a climate trial.

Mr Justice Saini said there was no basis for a prosecution of Trudi Warner, 69, for criminal contempt for holding a placard outside the trial of climate activists that informed jurors of their right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience.