Fracking activists to appeal against prison sentences

The three activists were the first people to receive jail terms for anti-fracking protestThree environmental activists who became the first people to be given jail terms for an anti-fracking protest in the UK are to appeal against their sentences amid growing anger over their "excessive and extraordinary" punishments.Last week, Simon Roscoe Blevins, 26, and Richard Roberts, 36, were sentenced to 16 months in prison and Richard Loizou, 31, was given 15 months after they were convicted of causing a public nuisance by a jury at Preston crown court. Continue reading...