For the Blockage of a Grain Train in Central Britain, Seven Activists Fined and over 200,000 Euros in Compensation

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On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the Lorient court decided to block the Sofral train in Saint-Gérand in March 2022. Seven of the 12 militants prosecuted were sentenced, in particular to pay more than €215,000 in damages.

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The Lorient court sentenced seven environmental activists on Tuesday, February 11, for blocking a freight train in Morbihan in March 2022. They were found guilty of obstructing rail traffic but acquitted of damaging the tracks. Five other defendants were acquitted entirely. The prosecution had requested sentences of up to six months' suspended imprisonment. On March 19, 2022, about fifty members of the Brittany Against Factory Farms collective …

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Seven of the twelve people tried last December for stopping a wheat train in 2022 during a mobilization against the ravages of the agro-industry were sentenced to heavy damages.

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In Lorient, seven environmental activists were sentenced after the blockade of a wheat train in Brittany in 2022: fines, partial relaxations and compensation for the civil parties. Blocking a wheat train in Brittany: seven environmental activists convicted in Lorient The Lorient court sentenced seven environmental activists for obstruction of the train.

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The Lorient court handed down fines on Tuesday against seven environmental activists for blocking a train carrying wheat in 2022 and sentenced them to more than 200,000 euros of compensation...