Extinction Rebellion Founder Jailed For Five Years
Extinction Rebellion founder Roger Hallam and his Just Stop Oil accomplices who brought the M25 to a standstill have been given record sentences in Southwark Crown Court just now. Judge Christopher Hehir didn’t hold back in his summary:
“The plain fact is that each of you some time ago has crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change.”
The grizzled eco-terrorist veteran, one of those who climbed a gantry on the motorway near Heathrow in November 2022, has been jailed for a whopping five years. Just Stop Oil activists, who call those sentenced the “Whole Truth Five“, cheered and said “We love you” as the offenders arrived to be sentenced. Fat lot of good that did them…