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NINE more members of climate activists Insulate Britain are facing jail for blocking roads, the group said today.
Dr Ben Buse, 36, Ruth Jarman, 58, Biff Whipster, 54, Dr Diana Warner, 62, Paul Sheeky, 46, Richard Ramsden, 75, Stephen Gower, 54, Steven Pritchard, 58, and Rev Sue Parfitt, 79, will attend the High Court on December 14.
In a statement Mr Gower said: “The government didn’t need to imprison scientists, tradespeople, teachers (and) pensioners.
“The government needs to insulate Britain’s leaky homes, to stop thousands dying every winter from fuel poverty, to end hundreds of thousands of families being cold and hungry, and to start really acting on the climate crisis, now the UK’s number one public concern.”
It comes a week after nine members of the group were jailed for between three and six months for breaching High Court injunctions and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs each.
A further 17 climate activists face being summoned to the High Court at later dates, the group has said.
