News: Trials

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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Rebel Who Glued On in Court Sent to Prison

November 18, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Melanie Edwards, a carer from South Wales, has been sentenced to seven days in prison for glueing herself on in court during her own trial.  She was found guilty of contempt of court and is serving out her sentence at Bronzefield Prison in Ashford, becoming the first Extinction Rebellion protestor to receive a…

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Extinction Rebellion Trials and Hearings This Week (7th to 11th October)

October 08, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

20 Extinction Rebellion defendants on trial this week  Three trials for Section 14 offences during the April Rebellion; the trial of the Petroleum 9, for trespass and criminal damage in February, to hear a verdict on Thursday  The Amazonia 6 to attend a preliminary hearing at Southwark Crown Court charged with trespass and criminal damage exceeding…

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Video: Why I Became an Activist

September 30, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion

Tom Hardy, 65, is a semi-retired teacher and academic writer from Islington, London. He will be on trial in January: “Our parents’ generation feared enemy action. Our children’s generation fear inaction. And the actions that we have taken this year have been more vital than anything.” Last October, I woke up one fine…

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