‘C*****ng myself’ Insulate Britain activist fears prison as he defends disruptive protest
Insulate Britain: Activists could face ‘6 months’ in jail says reporter
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An Insulate Britain campaigner has admitted that he felt like “crying” when he was brought in front of the Court of Justice on Tuesday. Campaigner Oliver admitted to being scared of being sent to prison but insisted he was “proud” of his actions. Nine protesters from the offshoot of Extinction Rebellion appeared at the High Court for allegedly breaching injunctions designed to prevent disruptive protests.
Speaking to LBC news outside of the Royal Courts of Justice, Oliver, said: “This morning, I’m at the Royal Courts of Justice.
“There are nine of us here – we are in court for contempt of court for the breaking of an injunction granted to National Highways Agency.
“Mentally I’ve kind of been thinking we might find ourselves in court.
“And yeah, like I feel terrified, like I’m c*****ng myself this morning, and I feel like crying.
“I just got all these emotions coming out.”
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He continued: “And it seems ridiculous that we’re in this situation when what we’re asking the Government to do is just an extremely practical– like this a no–brainer thing that they should be doing.
“So the Government issued this injunction about not going on the roads and we felt that it was our responsibility to hold the Government to account and to continue taking those actions.
“So we’ve done it knowingly. And today, we’ll be challenged.
“We will be asked did you break that injunction and all of us are proud of our actions and what we’ve done and so we will say ‘yes we did grow the adoption-we won’t challenge that in any way’.”
“So that will then move to sentencing. And our lawyer has told us to expect sentences of up to two years.”
She went on: “I mean, my family are wonderful. I love them very much. They’re so supportive.
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