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77-year-old grandmother imprisoned for having wrists too thin for tag
Just Stop Oil protesters (left to right): Gaie Delap, Luke Elson, Rosemary Jackson, Paul Bell, Joseph Linhart, Mair Bain, Charlotte Kirin, arrive at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where they are accused of breaking a National Highways injunction after they climbed, or attempted to climb, gantries over the M25 in November 2022,October 23, 2023

A SEVENTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD grandmother has been recalled to prison because the prison service can’t find an electronic tag to fit on her wrist. 

In 2022 Just Stop Oil campaigner Gaie Delap took part in protests demanding the government stop issuing new licences for oil and gas projects.

In August this year, she and four others were sentenced to 20 months in jail for protesting on the M25 motorway, bringing traffic to a halt.

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