Climate activists' sentences reduced

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Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal

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Roger Hallam and 15 other protesters were jailed last year for their roles in four demonstrations.

They challenged their sentences at the Court of Appeal , with their lawyers claiming they were excessive.

Hallam was originally jailed for five years for agreeing to disrupt traffic by having protesters climb onto gantries over the M25 for four successive days .

His sentence was reduced to four years , while Shaw , Lancaster , Whittaker De Abreu and Gethin had their sentences reduced.

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