M25: Women charged following 10 November disruption
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Update: November 11
A woman has been charged in connection with disruption on the M25 yesterday (Thursday 10 November).
An officer from our Roads Policing Unit was proactively patrolling the M25 shortly before 7am when they when they saw someone trying to climb an overhead gantry.
A woman - Mair Bain, 35, of Enfield Road, Derby - was arrested and has now been charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance.
She’s due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court today (11 November).
One lane of the M25 was closed for just over 30 minutes as we successful kept disruption to a minimum.
In total, 10 people have been arrested and charged in connection with disruption across the M25 in Essex this week.
We have worked hard to keep you safe, keep the county moving and tackle criminal activity where it takes place.
Thank you for your support, patience, and understanding of our work this week.
Thursday 10 November, 11am
Traffic on the M25 in Essex continues to move following an arrest around 7am this morning, Thursday 10 November, near to junction 28.
A Roads Policing Officer was on the M25 shortly before 7am when they saw a woman attempting to climb onto an overhead gantry.
She was removed from the side of the gantry and arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance. The woman remains in custody.
One lane of the M25 was closed for just over half an hour with officers working hard to keep the traffic moving.
Essex Police Assistant Chief Constable, Glen Pavelin said:
“Our proactive patrols are right across the road network. It’s a difficult environment to work and we have to keep everyone safe.
“It was great work this morning from our officers who were brave, stopped someone near a gantry and made an arrest.
“When criminality is occurring, we will act swiftly and make arrests.”
We would like to thank the public for their help and support. Your information is invaluable and ensures we can keep Essex moving.
Thursday 10 November, 8.30am
We have arrested a woman who was attempting to climb onto a gantry, near Junction 28 on the M25 this morning.
A Roads Policing Officer was on the M25 shortly before 7am when they saw a woman attempting to climb onto an overhead gantry. She was removed from the side of the gantry and arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance. The woman remains in custody.
One lane of the M25 was closed for just over half an hour with officers working hard to keep the traffic moving.
Chief Superintendent Simon Anslow said:
“The response this morning was extremely quick with our officers arresting a woman before she had the opportunity to cause further disruption.
“We put a single lane closure in place to protect our officer and the detained person on the hard shoulder. Our working at heights team arrived within two minutes to provide support and it took a total of just 31 minutes before all lanes were reopened completely.
“We’re learning more every day about this group’s tactics and we continually review our own tactics to prevent crime and serious disruption on our roads. I appreciate that it has been frustrating for those stuck in traffic and that police forces across the country have received a lot of criticism about how we’ve handled the disruption this week.
“I can’t express enough how hard we’re working to keep Essex moving with the public’s safety at the forefront of everything we do. We’ve taken a proactive and decisive approach throughout the week, moving quickly to remove protesters who are suspected of causing a public nuisance. I remain proud of how we’ve responded to this as a police force and prouder still of the individual officers deployed on this operation.
“Yesterday, one of our officers who was responding to an individual on the gantry was injured following a collision with a lorry. I’m pleased to say that he is making a full recovery.
“Thank you to the public for their support, it’s really appreciated.”