'I feel let down.' A single mum who used her Range Rover to try and 'nudge' an Insulate Britain protester out of the road has told LBC her conviction was a 'huge injustice'.
A single mum who used her Range Rover to try and 'nudge' an Insulate Britain protester out of the road has told LBC her conviction was a "huge injustice" and claimed she was singled out by the police.Sherrilyn Speid, 35, of Grays, Essex, pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving when she appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court on Monday.
"I was under a lot of pressure as a single mum, I run my own business, and things have been difficult anyway through the pandemic and so on.Speid, who is a single mother who runs her own business, explained it had been "difficult" during the pandemic. The incident unfolded when she came across an Insulate Britain protest near the M25 on October 13 2021.Two members of the group, wearing high-vis jackets, were seen sitting in front of her vehicle as another stood in front of it, holding on to the bonnet.