Fracking protesters walk free after court quashes 'excessive' sentences
by Damien Gayle , Frances Perraudin and Owen Bowcott from Environment | The Guardian on (#410K0)
Cheering supporters greet activists at prison gates after sentences are overturned
Three protesters jailed for blocking access to a fracking site have walked free after the court of appeal quashed their sentences, calling them "manifestly excessive".
Simon Blevins, 26, Richard Roberts, 36, and Rich Loizou, 31, were sent to prison last month after being convicted of causing a public nuisance with a protest outside the Preston New Road site near Blackpool, Lancashire. Blevins and Roberts were sentenced to 16 months and Loizou to 15 months.
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