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Five environmental activists who aimed to "create mass disruption" have been jailed for their role in protests that caused widespread traffic disruption on the M25.

The Just Stop Oil campaigners climbed gantries on the motorway in November 2022, forcing police to stop the traffic, in an attempt to cause gridlock across southern England.

People "suffered hours of delay" on 9 November 2022 as a result, Basildon Crown Court heard.

All the defendants pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing a public nuisance, as they were about to stand trial.

Source: BBC News website, accessed today at 19:01 UK time
 
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