London, 10 January 2024, (Oilandgaspress): – Four Just Stop Oil supporters were acquitted of wilful obstruction of the highway on Monday afternoon, as the Judge declared they had a lawful excuse for their actions.
Miranda Forward, Dave Boden, Chris Hardy and Annotony Cottam appeared before District Judge Lloyd, at Stratford Magistrates court on Monday. The four Just Stop Oil supporters peacefully blocked roads into Parliament Square with 60 others on the 4th of October 2022. Their actions were part of a month of continuous action to ‘Occupy Westminster’ in order to demand that the government call a halt to all new fossil fuel licenses and consents.
The prosecution were relying on helicopter footage of Parliament Square from the day in question, however, finding no evidence of ‘significant disruption’, District Judge Lloyd delivered a not-guilty verdict.
The court heard the supporters of Just Stop Oil argue that blocking the roads to Parliament Square was proportionate under articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention of Human rights- the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. Judge LLoyd agreed that there was a lawful excuse for their actions, addressing the defendants directly she said that their motivations “could not be more important.”
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