The Latest Breaking News from Louise Lancaster

JSO co-founder one of six climate campaigners to have protest sentences reduced

Roger Hallam and 15 others appealed against their sentences at the Court of Appeal in January, with six having their jail terms reduced on Friday.

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam has sentence reduced after Court of Appeal win

Six climate activists have had their sentences reduced at the Court of Appeal

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025

Just Stop Oil activists who plotted M25 protest chaos win bid to cut record-breaking prison terms

Judges agreed to cut the jail terms for the M25 protest plotters

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

‘Not acceptable in a democracy’: UN expert condemns lengthy Just Stop Oil sentences

Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

Contempt, gagging and UN intervention: inside the UK’s wildest climate trial

Prosecution of five Just Stop Oil activists over M25 protest led to chaotic scenes in court and concerns about ‘judicial persecution’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

Just Stop Oil activists found guilty of conspiring to block M25 traffic

Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin face long sentences after verdict

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024

Just Stop Oil activist urges jurors to apply ‘conscience’ in M25 protest trial

Five climate protesters deny conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance after motorway action

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

Climate protest trial turns to chaos as defendants defy court rules

Accused speak out of turn about climate threat and challenge judge who orders jury to leave

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

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

Case opens against five people alleged to have recruited and organised activists to climb gantries along motorway

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024

‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along

Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in our draughty homes

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022