Two Insulate Britain activists have been sent to prison for referring to the climate crisis in their trial for causing a public nuisance, after they glued themselves to a busy London road.
Asked by the judge whether they wished him to take anything into consideration in sentencing, Lewis said: "I continue to be astonished that today in a British court, a judge can or would even want to criminalise the mention of the words fuel poverty or climate crisis.
Pritchard said the world is "staring total eco-system collapse in the face" and criticised "those in power" for failing to act. Addressing the judge directly, she said: "I include you in that and I wonder if people are too comfortable to feel the urgency." Several supporters watching proceedings from the public gallery were warned not to disrupt proceedings by the judge before applauding at the end of the hearing.
But she added that she had "committed to going to prison" when she broke the law and did not want to act like a "martyr". She said: "Nobody wants to go to prison but in order to stand up for what's right, for our civil liberties in court, it's the price that we have to pay." She added that she had interpreted the hung jury as a "promising sign" that some sections of the public may be sympathetic to Insulate Britain's cause.
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