Euston tunnellers court victory at risk as CPS seeks to overturn verdict

Six protesters walked free after spending a month underground in front of London station

The Crown Prosecution Service has launched a high court challenge to the decision by a judge last year to let the Euston Tunnellers walk free after their trial.

The highly unusual move, which seeks a judicial review of the acquittal of the six HS2 protesters who spent a month in tunnel in front of Euston train station, has led to claims by environmental activists that the CPS is interfering with the right to protest non-violently about the climate emergency.