Just Stop Oil Protester Convicted for M25 Gantry Climb – UKNIP

A Just Stop Oil protester, identified as Cambridge University music student Cressida Gethin, aged 22, has been convicted of causing a public nuisance by climbing onto a gantry over the M25 motorway.

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Gethin’s protest, which took place on July 20, 2022, aimed to draw attention to the UK reaching its hottest temperature on record, soaring to 40°C. Scaling the gantry as a form of protest, she sought to highlight the urgency of addressing climate change and the environmental crisis.

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