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Trial of Angela Ditchfield

País/Territorio
Reino Unido
Fecha
Ene 1, 2021
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Cambridge Magistrates' Court
Sede de la corte
England and Wales
Número de referencia
N/A
Resumen
An Extinction Rebellion protester was cleared of criminal liability for defacing a council building after successfully arguing that she was acting to defend her property. Angela Ditchfield was arrested after spray-painting two "XR" symbols onto the headquarters of the Cambridgeshire County Council during a protest in December 2018. She argued that she had a legal excuse to commit vandalism because she believed climate disaster posed an imminent threat to her property. According to news reports, on November 1, 2019 she was found not guilty at Cambridge Magistrates' Court, which found that she was acting to protect land and homes.

Key environmental legal questions:

Whether climate protester could assert necessity defense to escape liability for vandalism.
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