Originally Posted by
Council Van
Yet again the UK justice system has signalled that it is perfectly acceptable to break into the secure areas of anan Aerodrom to protests as you will not have to worry about going to prison.
Or maybe the UK justice system has signaled that allowing peaceful public protest against a contentious legal process is a more important moral and social principle than protecting the commercial rights of airlines, airport operators and passengers. Perhaps the 'signal' is that although there will be legal sanction, it will not be so severe as to completely discourage such protest in future.
This is a principle that has been established in court in the past, against road protestors, among others.
I suspect that if these people had been intent on causing physical harm to assets or people, they would not have been treated so leniently.