Climate protester Dr. Diana Warner, 65, walked the queue outside the Drax Power Station near Selby, wearing charming orange clothes, on December 14, 2021, in the sky 400 meters on December 14, 2021. An orange flag was waving as an empty freight train stopped. The court heard.
In a trial that began Monday, Warner told the ju judge how he went to protest Drax's contribution to the climate emergency and deforestation.
She explained that she should have been in the courtroom in London that morning and faced minutes to violate an injunction to leave the M25 Expressway.
The defendant said the injunction was imposed after participating in a protest in the isolated UK that stopped London's track highway, and she was eventually imprisoned for the court's light emptying, saying she was in court. I told you.
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Warner said he believes the publicity received from skipping courts instead and stopping trains in North Yorkshire will highlight her campaign during a climate emergency.
The court was played Warner video, filmed next to a stationary train, explaining why Drax believes he is “the most ridiculous power plant on the planet.”
She can hear the plants burning wood pellets explaining that they “devour so many trees,” and “we're just eating forests, untouched forests.” He adds.
Seven men and five female ju apprentices returned to court in a memo from Leeds recorder Judge Guy Kearl KC after being sent to consider the verdict on Tuesday afternoon. I find it difficult to get a verdict. What should we do? ”
Judge Carl told the ju judge that there should not be a decision on a case based on conscience and told him that a judgment should be given based on the application of the law.
He told them:
“If you cannot keep your vows or affirmations, you should let me know.”
The judge repeated this response when he sent them on Wednesday morning to continue deliberation.
Within an hour of their retirement, they returned a unanimous conviction on the single charge of using the railroad to interfere with the engine or carriage, contrary to the Malicious Damage Act of 1861. Ta.
Defence counsel Rosalind Virgin asked Judge Carl to rule Warner straight, arguing that in this type of case it is normal to impose a conditional discharge, and that prior text reporting is not necessary.
The court heard that Warner was convicted of obstructing the highway and failing to comply with the conditions imposed on the Public Council.
Virgin said her clients have not faced any notable lawsuits, have not been convicted since 2022, and have worked to avoid participating in illegal protests as part of the General Medical Council's disciplinary process. He said he was there.
However, Judge Kearl said that preparations need to be prepared as they need to know more about Warner's background and financial situation.
He released bail on Warner on Filton Avenue, Bristol, and told her she would be sentenced March 25th.
