‘Stopping the traffic by climbing the M25 gantry ruined my life’

An eco warrior told a court that climbing a gantry over the M25 has ‘ruined his life’. Alfred Beswick, 26, helped close Britain’s busiest motorway to a halt during a series of protests by Just Stop Oil last month. Beswick used ropes and a harness to climb above junction 22 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, on 8 November. He admitted causing a public nuisance at Southwark Crown Court and referring to a letter the activist has written Judge Tony Baumgartner said:…