Gail Bradbrook has tried to argue she was justified in causing damage to government property.

Dr Gail Bradbrook was convicted last month of causing more than £27,500 of damage to the Department for Transport.

Don’t worry Gail, we’ll just pay more taxes so that can continue to vandalise public buildings.

During the sentencing hearing, she accused judges of “mansplaining”.

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝AEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m sure future generations will congratulate us on prosecuting the real villains of the climate catastrophe.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has received a 15-month suspended jail sentence after a marathon legal battle over her breaking a pane of glass.

    At Isleworth Crown Court, Judge Martin Edmunds KC said Bradbrook had a conscientious motive but that did not excuse her actions.

    In October 2019, during XR’s second major protest that brought traffic chaos to parts of central London, Bradbrook climbed on to an entrance canopy at the headquarters of the Department for Transport (DfT).

    On Monday, Bradbrook told Judge Edmunds: "It can’t be that there’s compelling, objective evidence of a threat to life, and that’s just completely irrelevant to the whole legal process.

    Bradbrook’s case is one of scores linked to environmental protests since 2018 in which activists said damage, or serious disruption, caused as part of civil disobedience was legally justified.

    Earlier this year the Court of Appeal ruled that judges hearing environmental protest cases should not evaluate the merits of the cause.

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