Drax climate protester says judge ‘bullied’ jury to find her guilty

Jurors had difficulty reaching a verdict in case of Diana Warner, who obstructed train in protest over power plant

A retired doctor has been found guilty of obstructing the railway during a climate protest, after jurors told the judge they were struggling to come to a verdict “as a matter of conscience”.

Dr Diana Warner, 65, told the Guardian she believed the jury had been unfairly “bullied” into the verdict by the judge, who responded that jurors should try the case “on the evidence, not your conscience”.

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