Ben Ireland, 17 Feb 2026
https://thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/health-society/doctors-cleared-of-criminal-damage/

Lede: Six healthcare workers, including four doctors, say their climate activism
has been vindicated after being found not guilty of criminal damage for breaking
glass windows at the offices of JP Morgan they claimed was "an act of care"

"Medicine says we are duty-bound to intervene when we see a looming threat, to
take the most effective action to save a life - even if it involves breaking the
rules."

Consultant psychiatrist Juliette Brown implored a jury to look upon her and her
five co-defendants - including three other doctors - through the lens of their
professions.

She was speaking as one of six healthcare professionals on trial for criminal
damage. Eight glass panels were broken at the London offices of banking giant
and the world's biggest fossil fuel financier JP Morgan during a heatwave in
July 2022 - an action on behalf of climate protest group Extinction Rebellion.

The defendants - Dr Brown, along with GPs David McKelvey and Patrick Hart,
consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology Alice Clack, dementia specialist nurse
Maggie Fay and child and adolescent mental health specialist Ali Rowe - were
found not guilty by a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court this week.

The doctors did not deny they broke the glass in question. CCTV evidence shown
to the jury shows them all participating. They denied it being a criminal act,
however, instead insisting it was an 'act of care' in a bid to persuade JP
Morgan's leaders to reduce fossil-fuel investments, decreasing global heating
and air pollution and therefore saving lives.

Indeed, they brought with them signs that said: "IN CASE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY
BREAK GLASS."

Ctd ...

What happened to Judge Dread's playbook of not allowing the defendants to present a lawful excuse (a decision upheld even by the Court of Appeal!)?
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/06/12/extinction-rebellion-jail-window/