U.K. Judge Rejects Climate Cultist Trial Delay

But muh trip to India …

A judge has refused to delay the trial of Just Stop Oil protesters charged with storming a performance of West End musical, Les Miserables, at the request of one defendant who said they were flying 9,000 miles across the world to Indiahttps://t.co/UsDdETFyFu

— Metro (@MetroUK) November 3, 2023

The performance at London’s Sondheim Theatre was halted around 9pm on October 5 after a group of activists invaded the stage.

Hannah Taylor, 23; Lydia Gribbin, 28; Hanan Ameur, 22; Noah Crane, 18; and Poppy Bliss, 19, all appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today where they denied one count of aggravated trespass.

District Judge Michael Snow set the trial date for February 5 next year.

But Gribbin asked the judge if the hearing could be delayed until the end of February, as she will be away.

The judge appeared less than impressed, responding: “I am afraid I am not going to wait for you to get back from India.

“If you have to miss out on things, you have to miss out on things.”

MetroUK says the overall cost of cancelling the play’s performance was £80,000 and, if found guilty, they’ll be liable for the full amount.

But it is so ironic that a climate cultist that was arrested for protesting her country using fossil fuels was scheduled to take a trip to India undoubtedly transported by a fossil fuel-powered plane. Instead she should fly there using a hang glider or travel by donkey or horse-driven carriage (made with recycled wood of course).