Gerard Baden-Clay’s brother Adam an Extinction Rebellion activist

The brother of wife murderer Gerard Baden-Clay has found prominence in his own right in his adopted homeland of Canada.

THE brother of wife-murderer Gerard Baden-Clay has become a prominent Extinction Rebellion activist.

Ex-Australian army officer Adam Baden-Clay has been pictured holding the flag of the controversial climate change group, commenting to media and even breaking up arguments at protests in Halifax in Canada’s east.

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Just a few years ago, Adam sat quietly next to his sister Olivia Walton in the front row of court as they supported their brother Gerard at his murder trial before he was convicted.

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Online profiles state Mr Baden-Clay, the great-grandson of Scouts founder Lord Baden Powell, served in the Australian Army and was involved in peacekeeping for the United Nations in East Timor before moving to Canada.

He has since become a prolific climate change activist, posting online daily about the environment while also attending local rallies and encouraging others to join them.

“The climate crisis impacts all of us. So get involved. Hit the streets. Don’t sit this one out,” he posted in September of a planned protest.

There was a not so peaceful exchange between a frustrated cyclist & an angry young protester. Other than that, things have largely been very calm and friendly. #Halifax #Dartmouth @XRNovaScotia @NEWS957 pic.twitter.com/PEF8V9N916

— Dave Heintzman (@HEINTZMANEWS957) October 7, 2019

At the rally this week in Halifax Mr Baden-Clay intervened in a heated argument between a cyclist and a protester.

“Excuse me guys,” he says.

“All of the media is here. We want the media over there ... not to hear this,” he says before taking the protesters with him away from the confrontation.

After the rally, which caused the closure of a bridge, Mr Baden-Clay told media it “went well”.

“It feels awkward to say that because, of course, by things going well it’s meant we disrupted a lot of people,” he told the Star Halifax.

“And nobody wanted to do that, but it was necessary.”

Adam Baden-Clay

Gerard Baden-Clay

Some people were arrested at the protest before being released. Mr Baden-Clay was not arrested.

In a separate interview Mr Baden-Clay said the protests showed the severity of the situation.

“We have decent, law-abiding people who are prepared to put their liberty on the line to really highlight and underscore how important this is,” he told CTV Atlantic News.

In a separate interview he said “necessity is the thing that brought me here today”.

“I’m just really fearful for the future of our planet. And I’m also hopeful. Human beings have risen together and come together in the past to face tremendous challenges and I think we can do that again.”

Allison Baden-Clay

Attempts were made to contact Mr Baden-Clay about his involvement in the group however he could not be reached for comment.

Gerard Baden-Clay was convicted in 2014 of the murder of his wife Allison.

She disappeared from the couple’s Brookfield home in April 2012 and her body was found 10 days later under the Kholo Creek bridge at Anstead.

Baden-Clay was sentenced to life in jail with a non-parole period of 15 years.

The Court of Appeal downgraded the conviction to manslaughter but the High Court later reinstated the murder conviction.

Baden-Clay will be locked away until at least 2027.