what's the police officer was when she is not looking, simon blevins seizes the opportunity. all, seven heavy goods vehicles heading for the cuadrilla site were stopped by the men and they stayed up stopped by the men and they stayed up there for three days. they were found guilty of causing a public nuisance and sentenced to 15 and 16 months in prison. today the court of appeal said this was wrong. in our judgment, the appropriate sentence which should have been imposed on the 26th of september was a community order with a significant requirement of unpaid work. this was not a case about fracking and that was said in court but in effect a case about the right to protest for that if you disagree with the government or a law or a company, how far can you go? political protest ta kes ma ny how far can you go? political protest takes many forms. without suffragettes, women would not have the vote. twyford down delayed the extension of the m3. in court the judge referred to the need to take into account the motives of those protesting. this is thejudge into account the motives of

rich loizou, simon blevins and richard roberts.iled. later on, in the pub, they spoke to the bbc. when we were sent down, the scariest thing was thinking, this is happening in the uk in the 21st—century? peaceful protesters are being sent to prison? it's scary to think that if this is happening to us, we're probably not going to be the last time because the issues haven't gone away. this is where it all started. watch the police officer. when she's not looking, simon blevins, a soil scientist, seizes the opportunity. the others were already on the other trucks, stopping seven of them altogether for three days. they were found guilty of causing a public nuisance and sentenced to 15 and 16 months in prison. celebrations outside court when the judges said this was wrong. an immediate custodial sentence in the case of these appellants was manifestly excessive. in ourjudgement, the appropriate sentence, which should have been imposed on the 26th of september, was a community order with a significant requirement of unpaid work. this wasn

rich loizou, simon blevins and richard roberts.on, in the pub, they spoke to the bbc. when we were sent down, the scariest thing was thinking, this is happening in the uk in the 21st—century? peaceful protesters are being sent to prison? it's scary to think that if this is happening to us, we're probably not going to be the last time because the issues haven't gone away. this is where it all started. watch the police officer. when she's not looking, simon blevins, a soil scientist, seizes the opportunity. the others were already on the other trucks, stopping seven of them altogether for three days. they were found guilty of causing a public nuisance and sentenced to 15 and 16 months in prison. celebrations outside court when the judges said this was wrong. an immediate custodial sentence in the case of these appellants was manifestly excessive. in ourjudgment, the appropriate sentence, which should have been imposed on the 26th of september, was a community order with a significant requirement of unpaid work. this wasn't a case abo

watch the police officer — when she is not looking, simon blevins seizes the opportunity.ayed up there for three days. they were found guilty of causing a public nuisance and sentenced to 15 and 16 months in prison. today the court of appeal said this was wrong. in ourjudgment, the appropriate sentence which should have been imposed on the 26th of september was a community order with a significant requirement of unpaid work. this was not a case about fracking and that was said in court but in effect a case about the right to protest. if you disagree with the government or a law or a company, how far can you go? political protest takes many forms. without the suffragettes, women would not have the vote. twyford down delayed the extension of the m3. in court the judge referred to the need to take into account the motives of those protesting. this is the judge that originally sent the men to prison. questions have since been raised aboutjudge 0lton's close family links to the offshore oil and gas industry and his sister's vocal support forfracking. there is a real concern wit

yes you simon blevins and richard. yes that's right it's a very unusual charge and ancient and common no i think it was originally brought in to prevent people from hurting their cattle of you your land and they pulled out these tides right out of the blue trying to find an imprisonable offense to stick on protest is what they neglected to hear in the court in fact the judge wouldn't allow us to talk about the negative impact of fracking on the community and the fact that the people of lancashire three democracy three lancaster county council voted by overwhelming majority to stop fracking from happening at all in the county however politicians in westminster i returned that decision and imposed this industry on a community that doesn't want it so the real public nuisance is the fracking company unwanted their their profit driven enterprise and they're trying to get resources from underneath the houses of the people of blackpool who are invited quadrille on the show i should say its former boss lord browne who's been o

simon blevins and richard roberts had both beenjailed for 16 months, while rich loizou was sentencedin central london. what has happened today? this is a significant victory for the three men. they had beenjailed, this is highly unusual for a sentence to be passed in this case and their lawyers argued but they had shown no violence and no damage in the protest which lasted for four days. there was widespread disruption but they said the sentence was excessive. giving their verdict today the lawyers agreed, the judge said the sentence had been ma nifestly said the sentence had been manifestly excessive. he said that the more appropriate sentence would have been a community order. the significant amount of paid work and a conditional discharge for two yea rs. a conditional discharge for two years. it is unusual for people to be jailed in this case, the last time was almost 90 years ago and that was during the gender scout master trust bass. we understand arrangements are now being made for the men to be released. they appeared on video link during the hearing and we understand that arr

simon blevins and richard roberts had both beenjailed for 16 months, while rich loizou was sentencedat the right to protest was fundamental to democracy. a short while ago, they gave their reaction on being released. the fracking industry threatens to industrialize our beautiful countryside. it will force famine, flooding, and many other disasters on the world's most vulnerable communities by exacerbating climate change. fracking is beginning right now, so there has never been a more critical time to take action. your planet needs you. we encourage everyone who is able to join us to take action this saturday at the mass demo at preston euro. that was one of the three anti—fracking protesters released from prison today. time for a look at the weather, with louise lear. quite a quiet day at weather across the country. some sunny spells for many. as you can see, this weather front is pushing its way through the south coast into that south—east corner, still producing some cloud and rainfrom corner, still producing some cloud and rain from it. that will linger through much of the night.

rich loizou, richard robert and simon roscoe blevins — seen here outside preston crown court last monthafter stopping lorries entering a fracking site near blackpool. their lawyers told the court that the right to protest was fundamental to democracy. our correspondentjenny kumah is at the court of appeal for us now. telecinco what happened. this is a significant victory for the men. there were cheers and even singing from those at court today. they were angry the men had been imprisoned and they felt their right to peaceful protest had been infringed. they were jailed last month for a protest that lasted four days last july. they climbed onto the cabs of some lorries that were carrying equipment to the gaslight near blackpool in lancashire. this led to four days of destruction, road closures and traffic delays. the judgejailed for the closures and traffic delays. the judge jailed for the impact this had but today their lawyers successfully argued this was excessive. they argued this was excessive. they argued that it was also highly unusual, that people hadn't been jailed in this way f