Protester HS2 wanted jailed gets suspended sentence

Elliott Cuciurean's case is seen as important ruling about right to protest

An environmental protester who HS2 asked to be imprisoned has was given a suspended sentence in a landmark case about the right to protest.

Elliott Cuciurean, who is described by fellow environmental activists as a conscientious protector", was accused by the high-speed rail company of repeatedly breaching an injunction not to trespass on an HS2 site at Crackley Woods in Warwickshire.