A furious mother who rammed Insulate Britain activists with her Range Rover today branded the group 'terrorists' as she claimed the women she hit faked their 'ow ow' cries.
Sherrilyn Speid, 34, was accused of 'attempted murder' by one climate activist after she gently drove her car into protesters blocking traffic lights at Junction 31 of the M25 near Thurrock on October 13.
Footage - filmed by another person at the protest - showed Ms Speid get out of her Range Rover to confront the protesters after she was blocked in while bringing her 11-year-old son to school.
'I was absolutely fuming they were in the road blocking me from taking my son to school. How dare they have the audacity to do that,' Ms Speid, from Purfleet, Essex, told Mail Online columnist and GB News presenter Dan Wootton on GB News.
During a lively debate the single mother was accused of trying to kill the climate protesters by the Independent's resident climate columnist Donnachadh McCarthy.
He said: 'This woman is a mother and she drove a car over two peaceful women. What an example to give to her child.'
Sherrilyn Speid (pictured on GB News), 34, was accused of 'attempted murder' by one climate activist after she gently drove her car into protesters blocking traffic lights at Junction 31 of the M25 near Thurrock on October 13
Footage - filmed by another person at the protest - showed Ms Speid drive her Range Rover into two female protesters
Ms Speid (pictured) argued the two women were not hurt when she gently nudged them with the front of her car
Hitting back, Ms Speid argued the two women were not hurt when she gently nudged them with the front of her car.
She said: 'I would never hurt anyone. They weren't listening to me. When I was nice they ignored me. I thought I would get in the car and rev it a little bit.
'All of that "ow ow" was dramatic and fake. There's no way it hurt them. They still didn't move. I got in the car and some men helped me and got them out the way so I could take my son to school.'
Speaking to Mr Wootton, Mr McCarthy said: 'You cheered and applauded someone who carried out an attempted murder of peaceful people. They're fighting for a future for kids.
'You've just incited murder on this programme. Dan Wootton do you have any heart or soul. You're inciting people to carry out murder.'
Reacting to footage of the confrontation, Ms Speid wrote on Instagram: 'I never ran them over, I gave them a nudge. So dramatic man.'
Ms Speid was previously revealed as an entrepreneur who started a food business during lockdown, providing Caribbean food to the local Essex community.
Her business then spread across Essex and London with companies asking her to cater events.
During a lively debate the single mother was accused of trying to kill the climate protesters by the Independent's resident climate columnist Donnachadh McCarthy (right)
Reacting to footage of the confrontation, Ms Speid wrote on Instagram: 'I never ran them over, I gave them a nudge. So dramatic man'
Ms Speid, who was infuriated with Insulate Britain protesters blocking the road, told them 'I'll drive through you then'
Ms Speid was previously revealed as an entrepreneur who started a food business during lockdown, providing Caribbean food to the local Essex community
In today's GB News interview, Ms Speid said the female protesters 'laughed' at her when she politely asked them to move so she could take her son to school.
She accused Insulate Britain of targeting parents by blocking roads near schools and added that she didn't mind protests, but not if demonstrators stopped her from getting to work.
'It's been difficult enough for people during the pandemic,' she added. 'We're all trying to get back on our feet and it's just wrong. I feel empowered and I'm standing up for all the other single mums out there.
'I embrace change but I think the method is wrong. Can't you think of something else you can do like go outside the Houses of Parliament.'
Mr Wootton revealed Extinction Rebellion representatives asked Ms Speid not to appear on the show.
She said: 'They're ridiculous. They don't want that smoke with me. I was more than happy to have the debate with them.'
Her food business spread across Essex and London during lockdown with companies asking her to cater events
A former neighbour in nearby Purfleet previously said: 'It is typical of Sherrilyn. She will always stand up for herself and her loved ones.
'We've all seen the video and knew it was her straight away. She would do anything for her son.'
In a magazine interview earlier this year Sherrilyn told how important her 11-year-old son was to her saying he was 'my biggest motivation'.
She said: 'He's such an inspiration to me because of his positive, optimistic nature and his will to keep going and never give up.
'If I'm having an off day, he will say 'let's say some positive affirmations, go for a run or use a mindfulness app'.'
Sherrilyn said she believed her 'purpose in life' was to 'support and empower others' and said she liked to 'surround myself with go-getters and like-minded people who encourage and motivate me to reach my full potential'.
She added: 'I am truly blessed to have family and friends who really believe in me and my vision.'
Sherrilyn told how she launched a Caribbean-style 'soul food' business in April last year to prepare covid packages for members of the local community in the wake of the pandemic.
Sherrilyn - who had previously worked with young people as a family support worker - said her long term goal was to open a mental health centre for disadvantaged children and young people.
She said she would like to run cooking programmes to teach life skills.
The video of Ms Speid, filmed in Thurrock, showed her black Range Rover driving up to the backs of three activists who are sitting on the road holding an Insulate Britain poster.
After stopping just centimetres from the back of one protester, the woman, believed to be Ms Speid, got out of her car, ripped the poster from the activists and said: 'Move out the way. I'm not joking. My son needs to get to school and I need to get to work.'
As she moved to lean over one of the sitting protesters, she then added: 'Move out the way. Move out the way now.'
She then returned to her car while saying: 'I'll drive through you then. My son is 11 and he needs to get to school.'
One of the protesters turned to her and said 'you can't drive through us' before the infuriated mother again said her son needed to get to school and she needed to get to work.
The protester told Ms Speid 'she understands' and that she is 'sorry' about blocking her route.
But the infuriated driver replied: 'Move out the way then. Move out of the way and let me get my son to school.'
She then got back into her car and started driving it forwards into the back of the protesters as one shouted 'ow, ow ow, no'.
Ms Speid then got out of the car again and said: 'Someone needs to move them out of the way. Move out of the way now. You are taking the f***ing p***. My son needs to get to school. I don't care what your f***ing issue is.'
Before driving her vehicle towards protesters sitting on the road, the woman was seen shouting at them
A man in a hi-vis jacket signalled to the driver to stop and eventually walked in front of the vehicle as one activist screamed out
The incident happened on October 13 as activists from Insulate Britain protested for the 13th time in four weeks
A lorry driver was also seen driving his vehicle right up to protesters as irate motorists reacted angrily to Insulate
