78yr old woman is in prison through no fault of hers

No sympathy for the woman at all.

Her lawyer says "she is a 77 year old teacher"

My thought on that is... and?

I will reserve sympathy for those who deserve it. She has broken the law and I can understand that tagging devices aren't usually made to suit 78 year old women

I disagree NittWitt. The title implies that an innocent woman is in prison. She was found guilty and given a 20 month custodial sentence. I notice someone’s been quick to get lawyers involved - very likely Just Stop Oil.

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Barleyfields she should be out on licence except for the fact that a suitable tagging device is not available.
That is not her fault, so the heading is not misleading.

But it is her own fault that she was convicted in the first place, surely?

I agree, Sago. Hard to feel any sympathy.

Barleyfields she should be out on licence except for the fact that a suitable tagging device is not available.
That is not her fault, so the heading is not misleading.

I’m not sure how I feel about this.

This particular protest caused carnage, many thousands of journeys were disrupted as a result of this protest.

We live in a country where train drivers will not walk across snow to drive their trains, public transport is just not an option.

She is an intelligent woman and knew the consequences.

At least she'll be warm and can stop scratching around to find the money to pay her electricity bill.

So she has to serve the term she was sentenced to rather than being released early on licence. She was imprisoned because she committed a criminal offence so the title is rather misleading.