UK climate activists jailed over motorway protest plot

Roger Hallam, the co-founder of JSO and Extinction Rebellion, was handed a five year sentence -- thought to be the longest such sentence handed in the UK for a non-violent protest. The others, Daniel Shaw, 38, Louise Lancaster, 58, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, 35, and Cressida Gethin, 22, were sentenced to four years imprisonment each. The activists were found guilty of conspiracy intentionally to cause a public nuisance last week after meeting on a Zoom call and agreeing to cause disruption to traffic...