Just Stop Oil activists faced jail today as police made 35 arrests after motorists were held up for five hours when protesters scaled a gantry on the M25.
The Metropolitan Police and officers from other forces moved in after more than a dozen protesters forced the closure of several sections of the M25 during the morning rush hour – despite a court order barring them from disrupting the motorway.
An ambulance was allegedly among the vehicles stranded by the stunts, which meant the emergency vehicle took ‘ages and ages’ to get through the blockage, according to another trapped motorist.
The arrests came after Just Stop Oil activist Louise Harris today yelled through unconvincing tears: ‘You might hate me for doing this,’ as she scaled a gantry.
Queues tailed back for miles as protests in Surrey – at junction 6 and in three other locations between junctions 8-9, 12-13 and 13-14 – as well as in Hertfordshire at junctions 20, 22 and 23, east London at junction 25 and Essex at junctions 27 and 30 ground traffic to a halt.
Just Stop Oil activists faced jail today as police made 35 arrests after motorists were held up for five hours when protesters scaled a gantry on the M25.
The Metropolitan Police and officers from other forces moved in after more than a dozen protesters forced the closure of several sections of the M25 during the morning rush hour – despite a court order barring them from disrupting the motorway.
An ambulance was allegedly among the vehicles stranded by the stunts, which meant the emergency vehicle took ‘ages and ages’ to get through the blockage, according to another trapped motorist.
The arrests came after Just Stop Oil activist Louise Harris today yelled through unconvincing tears: ‘You might hate me for doing this,’ as she scaled a gantry.
Queues tailed back for miles as protests in Surrey – at junction 6 and in three other locations between junctions 8-9, 12-13 and 13-14 – as well as in Hertfordshire at junctions 20, 22 and 23, east London at junction 25 and Essex at junctions 27 and 30 ground traffic to a halt.
