Gantry climbers in court

A Just Stop Oil activist who was part of the group who caused chaos when they scaled gantries on the M25 have appeared in court. Nursery teaching assistant Christopher Ford, 46, admitted causing a public nuisance on the Kent stretch of the motorway on 10 November 2022. Ford, of Cambridge, was due to be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court but the case was put back until 26 May while reports are prepared. Terry Pedro, defending, said: ‘There has been no…