Just Stop Oil: Dartford Crossing protesters jailed
Two Just Stop Oil protesters who scaled the Dartford Crossing bridge have been jailed.
Morgan Trowland, 40, of Islington, north London, and Marcus Decker, 34, of no fixed address, were suspended over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge for about 37 hours in October.
The pair argued during the trial it was a peaceful protest but were found guilty of causing a public nuisance.
Trowland was jailed for three years and Decker for two years and seven months.
Judge Shane Collery KC said the pair "plainly believed you knew better" than other people and were thinking "to hell with everyone else".
"You have to be punished for the chaos you caused and to deter others from copying you," he said, as he sentenced them at Southend Crown Court.
Prosecutors said the closure caused "gridlock for miles around" and delayed almost 565,000 drivers.
Two Just Stop Oil protesters who scaled the Dartford Crossing bridge have been jailed.
Morgan Trowland, 40, of Islington, north London, and Marcus Decker, 34, of no fixed address, were suspended over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge for about 37 hours in October.
The pair argued during the trial it was a peaceful protest but were found guilty of causing a public nuisance.
Trowland was jailed for three years and Decker for two years and seven months.
Judge Shane Collery KC said the pair "plainly believed you knew better" than other people and were thinking "to hell with everyone else".
"You have to be punished for the chaos you caused and to deter others from copying you," he said, as he sentenced them at Southend Crown Court.
Prosecutors said the closure caused "gridlock for miles around" and delayed almost 565,000 drivers.
