Trial aborted and jury discharged without a verdict in XR cofounder Gail Bradbrook’s Department for Transport caseFacebook | Instagram | Twitter | DonateEmail: press@extinctionrebellion.ukPhone: +44(0)7756136396Media assets: Imagery of Gail outside court | DfT action videos | DfT action stillsAs deadly temperature records are set daily, the silencing of those that would speak truth to power can be felt. The trial of Dr Gail BradbrookThe long-postponed jury trial of Dr. Gail Bradbrook, cofounder of XR, for breaking a window at the UK’s Department for Transport – supposedly valued at £27.5k – in October 2019 [1] began sitting on Monday this week (17 July). [2]On Tuesday Judge Martin Edmunds dismissed the jury and aborted the trial. The government and the courts have responded by eroding trial by jury – a highly valued central tenet of our legal system – by stealth. [15]Notes for editors:[1] Extinction Rebellion disrupt UKs Department for Transport – where is the plan to meet a net zero target and halt biodiversity loss?

Source: The Guardian July 20, 2023 23:02 UTC