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Pro-Palestine protester dodges jail after climbing Big Ben tower
The court said the stunt triggered a major emergency response and cost taxpayers at least £92,000.
- On Monday, Southwark Crown Court sentenced activist Daniel Day to a 14-month prison term suspended for two years after he scaled Elizabeth Tower during a pro-Palestine protest in March 2025.
- Day triggered a massive emergency services response when he climbed Elizabeth Tower on March 8, 2025, and occupied the landmark barefoot for 17 hours while livestreaming and chanting 'Free Palestine'.
- The 17-hour incident cost taxpayers at least £92,000, including £67,000 from more than 2,500 cancelled Parliament tours and an estimated £25,000 in lost TfL bus fares during road closures.
- Judge Baumgartner ordered Day to attend up to 20 rehabilitation days and remain under electronic monitoring for four months as conditions of the suspended sentence.
- Baumgartner noted Day showed 'little insight into your offending or any real remorse,' though he acknowledged failing eyesight as strong personal mitigation for the well-planned protest.
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Revealed: £92,000 of YOUR money was lost hauling 'foolish' pro-Gaza protester down from Big Ben tower
A pro-Gaza protester who scaled Big Ben's tower lost taxpayers at least £92,000.Daniel Day, an unemployed 30-year-old, was spared jail on Monday after scaling the iconic Elizabeth Tower in Westminster barefoot.On Monday, Southwark Crown Court gave him a 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.Prosecutor Jack Guise previously detailed to the court how Day ended up shutting down much of the area around the Houses of Parliament. TRENDING …
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