Top Posts
Report: Nigeria, others may lose $300 billion, 49m...
Pope Leo hits out at climate change critics
Nigeria insurers prepare to global delegates on climate...
Energy Dept. asks employees not to use words...
Protesters seek $5tr payment from fossil fuel companies
Borno govt, NGOs demand funding on climate change...
Lagos rolls two-year flood plan to integrate lakes,...
UN official says climate change displaces up to...
UN ends high-level week with calls for peace,...
Ahead of COP30 conference, new national climate plans...
EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World
World

Climate change pair found guilty over Dartford crossing protest

by Matthew Atungwu April 5, 2023
written by Matthew Atungwu April 5, 2023
554

Two protestors were guilty of making a public nuisance after scaling the Dartford Crossing bridge.

Morgan Trowland, 40, of Islington, London, and Marcus Decker, 34, of no fixed address, both members of Just Stop Oil, insisted that the demonstration was nonviolent.

They allegedly scaled the bridge’s wires to a height of 200 feet (60 metres) in October of last year, according to the trial at Basildon Crown Court.

On April 13, they are scheduled to receive sentences at the same court.

From 4:00 BST on October 17 until 21:00 BST on October 18, the bridge that crosses the M25 over the River Thames between Essex and Kent was blocked.

Jurors were told during the trial that after scaling the bridge wires, the defendants spread out a Just Stop Oil ban and set up hammocks.

Read Also: french-lawmakers-propose-tax-credits-subsidies-for-green-industry

Prosecutor Adam King told the trial the pair had deliberately tried to cause disruption.

He said their actions “caused gridlock for miles around throughout that period, which we say was the point.”

Mr King told jurors: “We’re not here to litigate the government’s climate change policy.”

Trowland had said in evidence: “We climbed it [the bridge] to deliver a warning message, to put up a banner saying Just Stop Oil and to speak that message through interviews with journalists.”

He said the activist group’s goal was to get the government to stop licensing oil and gas production.

Judge Shane Collery KC remanded them in custody ahead of sentencing and said custodial sentences were being considered.

He said: “We’re dealing with a significant nuisance that’s been caused.”

The pair have spent more than five months in custody, having been remanded at their first appearance at Southend Magistrates’ Court on 20 October, and face a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Sean Irish, of Just Stop Oil, said outside court: “Just Stop Oil will not stop because of a crackdown.

Story adapted from BBC

Climate changeDartford
0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
admineconai

previous post
Moves to crystallize right to a healthy environment spark tension at UN
next post
Flood: Set up task committees on urgent measures to avert disaster, CSO urges FG, States

Related Posts

Pope Leo hits out at climate change critics

October 3, 2025

Protesters seek $5tr payment from fossil fuel companies

October 1, 2025

UN official says climate change displaces up to...

September 30, 2025

UN ends high-level week with calls for peace,...

September 30, 2025

China announces plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions...

September 25, 2025

China locks down as Super Typhoon Ragasa nears...

September 24, 2025

Trump says climate change ‘greatest con Job in...

September 24, 2025

PERILS sets final industry loss estimate for 2024...

September 22, 2025

Guterres says 1.5C climate warming goal could fail

September 22, 2025

Australia sets 62-70% GHG emission reduction target by...

September 22, 2025

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Newsletter

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
  • Bloglovin
  • Vimeo

@2021 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by Eco-Nai+

EcoNai Newsroom
  • Newsround
  • Nigeria
  • Africa
  • World