“This acquittal represents a chink of light in an otherwise very dark picture of state repression and judicial malice. We are grateful for the few within the legal system who understand that Just Stop Oil supporters are acting in self-defence and seeking to defend life on earth, while the law is protecting those who are committed to its destruction.”
Speaking after the acquittal, Paul Bell said:
“In the courtroom today I told the judge that my actions were not out of a hatred of art, but out of a love for art. The artists of tomorrow and many around the world right now are having their chance to create stolen by the climate crisis. We have a right to art and a right to life. The expansion of fossil fuels directly opposes this. I am very pleased that in Manchester Magistrates Court the Judge found our actions to be proportionate.”
Edred Whittingham said:
“Paul and I are rightly at liberty, but last week Phoebe and Anna were sentenced to 2 years and 20 months respectively for a very similar action. Their sentence demonstrated that our justice system is broken, the law is failing us and the judiciary and courts are complicit in genocide.”
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A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said:
“This acquittal represents a chink of light in an otherwise very dark picture of state repression and judicial malice. We are grateful for the few within the legal system who understand that Just Stop Oil supporters are acting in self-defence and seeking to defend life on earth, while the law is protecting those who are committed to its destruction.”
Speaking after the acquittal, Paul Bell said:
“In the courtroom today I told the judge that my actions were not out of a hatred of art, but out of a love for art. The artists of tomorrow and many around the world right now are having their chance to create stolen by the climate crisis. We have a right to art and a right to life. The expansion of fossil fuels directly opposes this. I am very pleased that in Manchester Magistrates Court the Judge found our actions to be proportionate.”
Edred Whittingham said:
“Paul and I are rightly at liberty, but last week Phoebe and Anna were sentenced to 2 years and 20 months respectively for a very similar action. Their sentence demonstrated that our justice system is broken, the law is failing us and the judiciary and courts are complicit in genocide.”
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