Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Police hunt Just Stop Oil activist who went on the run after Kingsbury Oil ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Police hunt Just Stop Oil activist who went on the run after Kingsbury Oil ... trends now
Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Police hunt Just Stop Oil activist who went on the run after Kingsbury Oil ... trends now

Tuesday 24 May 2022 04:28 PM Police hunt Just Stop Oil activist who went on the run after Kingsbury Oil ... trends now

Police are on the hunt for a Just Stop Oil activist who is facing jail after blockading an oil terminal.

On-the-run Jake Handling, 27, is wanted by police after missing a court appearance last week.

The long-haired eco-warrior was given a six-week prison sentence - in his absence - after breaching an injunction banning him from entering the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.

He was arrested 11 days after the injunction was granted - on April 23 - while protesting outside the oil terminal in Warwickshire.

Handling joined a group of 100 Just Stop Oil activists who lay in front of tankers and chained themselves to the gates as part of a protest.

He was convicted of breaching the injunction and was sentenced to six weeks in jail in his absence last week.

Now police have issued a warrant for his arrest and have issued a mugshot of the eco-zealot, featuring him with a beard and long straggly hair.

A spokesperson for Warwickshire Police said: 'Anyone with information that could help police locate him should call 101.

On-the-run Jake Handling, 27, is wanted by police after missing a court appearance last week. The eco-warrior was given a six-week prison sentence in his absence after breaching an injunction banning him from entering the Kingsbury Oil Terminal in Warwickshire

On-the-run Jake Handling, 27, is wanted by police after missing a court appearance last week. The eco-warrior was given a six-week prison sentence in his absence after breaching an injunction banning him from entering the Kingsbury Oil Terminal in Warwickshire

The long-haired eco-warrior was given a six-week prison sentence - in his absence - after breaching an injunction banning him from entering the Kingsbury Oil Terminal (pictured)

The long-haired eco-warrior was given a six-week prison sentence - in his absence - after breaching an injunction banning him from entering the Kingsbury Oil Terminal (pictured)

'Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers.'

Police say the injunction was secured by North Warwickshire Borough Council on April 14 against protestor groups who had previously targeted the oil terminal.

The council said they had applied for the injunction as the protestors had posed 'a serious risk to themselves, residents, and the environment during the first week of protest in Kingsbury'.

The injection gives police the power of arrest and detention until people are presented the next day at court for entering the oil terminal in Kingsbury.

Police say copies of the order are placed 'prominently at the entrance to the terminal'. 

Alongside Handling, Joshua Smith, 29, of

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