Heathrow 13 avoid prison time with six-week suspended sentence

Madeleine Cuff
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Plane Stupid campaigners convicted of aggravated trespass receive a six-week sentence suspended for 12 months, plus community service

The 13 activists who chained themselves to a runway at Heathrow in August 2015 have narrowly avoided jail time today, after being handed a six-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, plus community...

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