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Dave Higgens

Jury trying protester struggling to come to verdict ‘as a matter of conscience’

The case is being heard at Leeds Crown Court (Anna Gowthorpe/PA) - (PA Archive)

A jury trying a retired GP who stopped a train heading for the UK’s biggest power station has asked a judge for advice after saying “as a matter of conscience we are finding it difficult to come to a verdict”.

Climate protester Dr Diana Warner, 65, was walking down the railway line outside Drax power station, in North Yorkshire, wearing orange high-visibility clothing and waving an orange flag when a 400-metre long empty freight train stopped on December 14, 2021, Leeds Crown Court has heard.

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