Jail for eco-zealot who helped cause motorway mayhem

An eco-zealot who was part of a group that disrupted more than 10,000 vehicles on the M4 was jailed for five weeks today (mon). Buddhist Stephen Pritchard, 63, was locked up after he confronted a judge for banning him from talking about climate change to the jury. Former parish councillor Pritchard had told Judge Silas Reid: ‘Your rulings were amoral.’ He was convicted of causing a public nuisance along with carpenter Oliver Rock, 42, former probation officer Ruth Cook, 71,…