Nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for breach of road blockades injunction

Judge imposes sentences ranging up to six months, saying some of them ‘seem to want to be martyrs’

Nine Insulate Britain activists have been jailed at the high court for breaching an injunction designed to prevent the group’s road blockades.

Ana Heyatawin, 58, and Louis McKechnie, 20, were jailed for three months while Dr Ben Buse, 36, Roman Paluch-Machnik, 28, Oliver Rock, 41, Emma Smart, 44, Tim Speers, 36, and James Thomas, 47, all received four-month sentences.

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