Six just stop oil protesters – including co-founder Roger Hallam – have had their jail sentences reduced at the Court of Appeal.
He was among a group of 16 activists who challenged jail terms of between 15 months and five years for their roles in four demonstrations between August and November 2022. Ten of them had their appeals dismissed.
Hallam was jailed for five years last July over a plot to disrupt M25 traffic, which saw 45 people climbing on to gantries over the motorway.
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