Elliott Cuciurean’s case is seen as important ruling about right to protest

An environmental protester who HS2 asked to be imprisoned has was given a suspended sentence in a landmark case about the right to protest.

Elliott Cuciurean, who is described by fellow environmental activists as a “conscientious protector”, was accused by the high-speed rail company of repeatedly breaching an injunction not to trespass on an HS2 site at Crackley Woods in Warwickshire.

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