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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Pilgrim

Pipeline protester jailed for breaching High Court injunction

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An environmental activist has been jailed for 112 days after he “flouted” a High Court injunction aimed at preventing disruption to work on a 105km-long aviation fuel pipeline.

Scott Breen dug and occupied a 6-8ft pit and constructed a “rickety wooden shed” next to the M25 at Chertsey in Surrey as part of a protest against the operations of oil company Esso on the Southampton to London Pipeline project (SLPP).

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