Drax protester trial jury seeks advice on verdict

A jury trying a retired GP who stopped a train heading for the UK's biggest power station has asked a judge for advice, saying "as a matter of conscience we are finding it difficult to come to a verdict".

Environmental protester Diana Warner, 65, flagged down a freight train as it approached Drax, in Selby, on 14 December 2021, Leeds Crown Court had earlier heard.

Ms Warner, of Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol, who has previously stood as a parliamentary candidate for the Green Party, denies a single charge of obstructing a railway vehicle.

Judge Guy Kearl KC advised jurors, who went out on Tuesday, to consider a verdict based on applying the law to the facts of the case.

After deliberating for about an hour, the jury of seven men and five women came back into court with a note for Judge Kearl, Recorder of Leeds, which said: "As a matter of conscience we are finding it difficult to come to a verdict. What should we do":[]}