Sixteen jailed UK climate activists to appeal against ‘unduly harsh’ sentences

Protesters will gather outside court of appeal in support of activists, who say judges defied decades of precedent

Sixteen environmental activists jailed in the past year will appear at the high court on Wednesday to ask England's most senior judge to quash their unduly harsh" sentences.

The appellants, from four separate cases, will appear before a bench of judges led by Lady Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, in a full session of the court of appeal in which they will argue that judges defied decades of precedent to hand them long jail terms for nonviolent protests.