Climate change protesters accused of hijacking a power station coal train managed to mount a vigorous political defence of their actions in court yesterday during hours of cat-and-mouse negotiations with a judge. In spite of repeated adjournments and warnings to stick to the facts of the ambush in June last year, the group of university lecturers, film-makers and others addressed a jury in Leeds on global warming, Arctic melt and the history of reforming Britain's laws. Initially, the trial of 22 activists at Leeds crown court seemed doomed to a stalemate, with Judge Spencer insisting that he would cut short any attempt to justify the hijack by what he acknowledged were "genuine and deeply felt motives". He told the trial more than 20 times that the jury's only task was to decide whether the train, taking coal to Drax power... [read full story]
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Environment, Crime, Climate Change, Global Warming, Hijacking, Judiciary & Lawsuits, United Kingdom, England, West Yorkshire, Leeds (England)
