Press Releases & Updates 2007

On 2nd August last year, during the Trident Ploughshares disarmament camp at nearby Coulport, Sylvia and Jane painted "Trident is terrorism" on the rock face. The rock has been painted frequently over the years with anti-Trident messages.

The women pointed out that without their sign there was nothing to indicate that Faslane was involved in the deployment of weapons of mass destruction. Painting the rock was a way of alerting people to the reality behind the razor wire. Sylvia read out a moving testimony from a Hiroshima survivor. Jane quoted the dictionary definition of terrorism: "a term used to describe violence or other harmful acts committed (or threatened) against civilians by groups or persons for political or ideological goals." Given that the threat of Trident was currently being used to advance British power and interests, "terrorism" was a fair description.

Justice of the Peace Andrew Nicholson found them both guilty but was content to admonish them.

When Trident Ploughshares activists were arrested at a Faslane 365 blockade on 13th April a number of them were released after giving an undertaking to appear in court today. When they did so, in spite of the submission by the Procurator that they be put on bail, JP Nicholson decided that it was sufficient to ordain them to appear for their plea hearings, without imposing bail.

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