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Three judges have quashed the prison sentence of the three anti-fracking protestors, ruling the sentence to be “manifestly excessive”. The court room erupted into applause at when the decision was announced.
Simon Blevins, Richard Roberts and Richard Loizou will be walk out free of Preston prison in Lancashire this evening and go home to their families.
The appeal case was heard at the Royal Courts of Justice on Wednesday morning in a packed court room with Blevins, Roberts and Loizou appearing through a video link from Preston prison.
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