“…between “ordinary law-breakers” and protestors which, in many circumstances, can justify a more benign sentencing regime: see [98] of Cuadrilla and R v Roberts [2018] EWCA Crim 2739; [2019] 1 WLR 2577 at [34]. This is to encourage a dialogue with the defendant so that he or she appreciates that, in a democratic society, it is the duty of r…”
“…e incident involved criminal offences and led to sentences which were the subject of an appeal to the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal: see R v Roberts [2018] EWCA Crim 2739; [2019] 1 WLR 2577. That incident began on the morning of 25 July 2017, when two protestors managed to climb on top of lorries approaching the site along the P…”
“…This passage was quoted with approval by Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, giving the judgment of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in R v Roberts [2018] EWCA Crim 2739; [2019] 1 WLR 2577, the case mentioned earlier that arose from ‘direct action’ protests at Cuadrilla’s site in July 2017 by four men who climbed on top of lorr…”