Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for Dartford Crossing protest

Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker scaled bridge over River Thames, forcing police to stop traffic

Just Stop Oil protesters Morgan Trowland and Marcus Decker, who scaled a bridge on the Dartford Crossing forcing police to close it to traffic, have been sentenced to three years in prison, and two years and seven months in prison respectively for causing a public nuisance.

In sentencing remarks at Southend crown court, the judge stressed he wanted others to be deterred from copying the men.