News: Section 14

Three More Rebels Found Not Guilty as April Arrests Ruled Unlawful

December 11, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Three more Extinction Rebellion protesters were acquitted yesterday after a second judge ruled that arrests made during the April rebellion were unlawful.  Caroline Vincent, 56, Clare Carlile, 24 and Jake Costello, 23, were on trial for breaching Section 14 of the Public Order Act while occupying Waterloo Bridge in April.  But the…

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Were You Arrested Under Section 14 during October Rebellion? Here’s what to do

December 02, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Following legal action from Extinction Rebellion, the Metropolitan Police has now accepted that Section 14 arrests were unlawful during both weeks of the October Rebellion. If you were arrested for breach of a Section 14 during the October Rebellion please read this briefing carefully. It sets out the next steps available…

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Zoe Jones: Our Legal System is Failing to Protect Us

November 26, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Mitigation statement delivered by Zoe Jones, 23, a charity worker from Bristol, when she pleaded guilty in October to breaching Section 14 of the Public Order Act during the April Rebellion. “I come here today in the interest of transparency and truth. Truthfully, I was a complete nerd at school. I loved…

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Video: My World was Blown Apart and Brought Together at The Same Time

October 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Ele Waters, 46, from Liskeard Cornwall runs a natural burial site and is building her own off-grid home in a permaculture community. She is pleading not guilty after being arrested in April. “I’ve been a permaculturist now for 26 years, and we’ve planted 21,000 trees, we set up a natural burial site, we…

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Cecily Bedner: This Was An Act of Self Defence

October 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Cecily Bedner, 20, a film and digital arts student from Plymouth, told the court she broke the law for her sister, aged five. This is the mitigation statement she read out in court. “I’m not here to tell you that I wasn’t there or I didn’t break the law.  What I will tell…

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Janet Young: How Could I Stand By and Do Nothing

October 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Janet Young, a 72-year old retired social worker and grandmother from Devon read out this statement at her plea hearing in August. She was arrested on Waterloo Bridge on the first Tuesday, 16 April. “I am pleading guilty for financial and emotional reasons. I accept that I did not comply with a…

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Andrew Peel: I Told the Truth and Acted As Though the Truth is Real

October 05, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Andrew Peel, 59, a delivery driver from Norwich, read out this statement at his plea hearing on Friday. His tipping point, he says, was watching the action on the London bridges in November and seeing a banner that said “For My Children”. “Following a serious health issue in 2014 in which I almost…

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Video: Ruth Jarman’s Day in Court

October 02, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Ruth Jarman, 56, a mother of three from Hampshire who works for a small Christian charity, was found guilty last week after standing trial at Hendon Magistrates Court. She was given a 12 months conditional discharge and a total of £640 costs. Film-maker Peter Armstrong recorded this video of Ruth’s day in…

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Court Report: Ruth Jarman finds the law at odds with morality

October 02, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion’s Ruth Jarman was on trial last Monday at Hendon Magistrates Court. The 56-year old mother of three from Hampshire, and member of Christian Climate Action (CCA), gives her account of the trial – from cross-examining a policeman to breaking down in tears. Watch Peter Armstrong’s video of the day…

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