Just Stop Oil supporters and other environmental activists who cause mass disruption should face same-day court hearings and be denied bail to prevent them from taking part in further protests, a police chief has said.
Donna Jones, the new chairwoman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, believes those who block roads and target sporting events need to be remanded in custody until they go on trial, or are sentenced, because the public “have had enough” of their antics.
She also revealed that some drink-drivers are being allowed to stay on the roads for up to six months before they were banned because of a continuing backlog in hearings at magistrates’ courts caused by the pandemic.
She wants police to be able to impose
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