UK anti-fracking activists go on trial accused of breaking injunction
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#4HX7K)
Three people could face jail if found in contempt of court over Blackpool protest
Three anti-fracking protesters have gone on trial accused of breaking an injunction designed to stop disruption of a fracking site in Lancashire.
Katrina Lawrie, Lee Walsh and Christopher Wilson took part in a "lock-on" at Preston New Road, near Blackpool, on 24 July last year, less than a fortnight after a judge granted an injunction to the energy company Cuadrilla.
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