Judge praises Just Stop Oil activists as ‘good people with admirable aims’ as he convicts them

‘You are intelligent and articulate, and you have been a pleasure throughout to deal with,’ defendants told

A judge has thanked anti-fossil fuel campaigners for opening his eyes as he praised them as good people with admirable aims.

In comments supporting their motivation, Judge Graham Wilkinson told Just Stop Oil activists who had blocked the distribution of oil that they were “a pleasure to deal with”. He also said he had been moved by their evidence.

Activists stop an oil tanker on its way to a terminal in Birmingham (Just Stop Oil)