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From the page: "The judge had ruled the "necessity defence" inadmissible at a previous hearing, and he told the jury that accepting the argument would breach the principle that the law applied to all. But he emphasised that all 22 were "sincere in their views and of good... more

Reviewed by millerfamily Jul 02, 10:41pm ( 5 reviews ) • guardian.co.uk

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Reviewed by Heggs on Jul 26, 3:32pm

Although undoubtedly the activists had good intentions, they still ambushed and hijacked a train. Of course they are going to be convicted of a crime.
Rated by Barrie501 on Jul 03, 5:11am

Jury retires to consider verdict in Drax hijack trial. Thanks to MrChampion for this.
Rated by millerfamily on Jul 02, 10:41pm

From the page: "The judge had ruled the "necessity defence" inadmissible at a previous hearing, and he told the jury that accepting the argument would breach the principle that the law applied to all. But he emphasised that all 22 were "sincere in their views and of good character" and he included summaries of their climate change evidence in his summing up. He described an account of a lesson on climate change, given by primary school teacher Grainne Gannon, 26, as "moving and engagingly told." He also told the jury: "We heard evidence from the train driver and he was the first to say how polite, orderly and responsible the protesters were.""
Rated by Green-Blog on Jul 02, 4:38pm

From the page: ""The law will eventually have to change and acknowledge the harm that carbon emissions do to all of us, by making them illegal.""
Rated by MrChampion on Jul 02, 3:37pm

Hijacking trains delivering coal in a polite, orderly and responsible manner, whilst dressed as a coalminer's canary, is inspired activism that deserves a not guilty verdict.

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