just stop oil protesters must be well pissed off, they might aswell set fire to a few cars and throw bricks at some posh twats helicopter and hope for a lesser sentence
Magistrates can only jail people for a maximum of 6 months. Crown courts can issue longer sentences, but can't deal with minor offenders quickly. The worst offenders have been remanded in custody with court dates later this month, i.e. like these:
first jail sentence for a rioter .... 2 months
just stop oil protesters must be well pissed off, they might aswell set fire to a few cars and throw bricks at some posh twats helicopter and hope for a lesser sentence