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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Damien Gayle

M25 protest recruiter called for ‘biggest disruption in modern UK history’, court hears

Partly obscured view of two people on gantry
A police officer attempts to remove a protester from the gantry over junction 30 of the M25 in November 2022. Photograph: Essex Police/PA

A prominent climate protester called on volunteers to bring the M25 to a standstill for four days and “cause the biggest disruption in modern British history”, a court in London has heard.

Roger Hallam, along with Louise Lancaster, Daniel Shaw, Cressida Gethin, and Lucia Whittaker-de-Abreu, are alleged to have recruited and organised activists to climb gantries “at strategic intervals” along the motorway on four days in November 2022.

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