The Metropolitan Police said the three men and one woman — aged between 21 and 63 — are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (November 8) charged with conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Several sections of the M25 around London had to be temporarily closed on Monday after Just Stop Oil protesters scaled bridges over the motorway. The protests come as the latest international climate change summit, COP27, has begun in Egypt. More protests on Tuesday forced the closure of parts of the M25, including the Dartford crossing. A Just Stop Oil protester posted this selfie from atop a scaffolding above the M25 on Monday (7 November)
The four citizens arrested are:
Daniel Shaw, 36, of Adams Avenue, Northampton Ian Bates, 63, of Clarke Road, Northampton Alexander Wilcox, 21, of Billing Road, Northampton Karen Matthews, 60, of Sywell Road, Overstone A Met spokesman said: “We expect to release details of further charges later today.” Just Stop Oil campaigners said around 15 of their supporters were on cranes in “multiple locations” on Tuesday (November 8) after four weeks of sustained political resistance by supporters, during which they claim police have made 678 arrests . He added that since the campaign began on April 1, Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested nearly 2,000 times, with six currently in jail. A statement said the action was to “require the government to halt all new oil and gas licenses and consents”. Molly Berry, 70, a retired lip-reading teacher from Hertfordshire added: “The climate crisis is not left or right, it is not an opinion, a point of view or a cause. It’s real, and it’s happening now, and it’s coming very close to absolutely destroying everything we hold dear. “When my friends show me pictures of their grandchildren, it breaks my heart to think about what they will face in their lives. That’s why I’m willing to put my freedom on the line to ask the government to stop all new oil and gas.”
