Anti-fracking activists breached injunction, judge rules
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from on (#4J4DK)
Trio taken to court by Cuadrilla after taking part in 'lock-on' at Blackpool site last year
Three anti-fracking protesters have been found to have breached an injunction designed to stop them demonstrating outside a fracking site in Lancashire, which they say has a "chilling effect on the right to peaceful protest".
The trio were taken to court by Cuadrilla, which last year became the first firm to start large-scale fracking in Britain. The energy firm said it took legal action to prevent "dangerous, disrespectful and illegal activity" at its Preston New Road site near Blackpool.
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