A retired vicar vowed to carry on protesting despite being jailed for taking part in a climate change demonstration which brought the City of London to a standstill.
Former Vicar of Rochdale the Rev Mark Coleman was sentenced to five weeks in prison for his part in October's Insulate Britain roadblock.
The 63-year-old was one of a number of protesters who sat in the road at the Bishopsgate junction during a two hour protest calling for homes are insulated to be low energy by 2030.
But a defiant Mr Coleman vowed the sentence wouldn't stop him taking part in future 'civil disobedience'. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community He said: "I want to state that I acted to protect human life, to draw attention to the death and destruction caused by rising emissions and the impacts of cold damp homes on the health of the citizens of our country.
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