Dr Gail Bradbrook, Extinction Rebellion co-founder, ‘at peace’ with guilty verdict for breaking department of transport windowToday, 1 November, Dr Gail Bradbrook, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, was found guilty of criminal damage after she broke a window at the Department of Transport in October 2019. The jury’s verdict came following Dr Bradbrook’s admission she had no defence in law. Instead Dr Bradbrook argued that authorities should be prosecuting the politicians and corporations causing criminal damage on a ‘planetary scale’, not the ordinary people trying to stop harm. Speaking after the verdict, Dr Bradbrook said:“I’m at peace with the verdict. Earlier this week, it was revealed the a jury at Southwark Crown Court had acquitted 5 members of Extinction Rebellion for criminal damage after they hired a decomissioned fire engine and sprayed the Treasury with fake blood, allegedly causing nearly £20,000 of criminal damage.

Source: The Times November 01, 2023 13:18 UTC