Press Releases & Updates 2004

Just ten days before attacks by "Coalition" forces began, Petter (24), along with Roz from Edinburgh, painted the messages on signs and vehicles at the Fife base, which is home to Tornado aircraft which had been involved in attacks in Iraq. The aim was to draw attention to an illegal war and the threat to innocent civilians. It is estimated that up to 40000 people have so far died in the conflict.

Following his appearance at the Sheriff Court Petter was taken to the city’s District Court to deal with another unpaid fine, this time for blockading the Trident nuclear weapons base at Faslane. Glasgow District Court is currently part of a pilot exercise in which offenders with minor fines cannot be sent to prison for default, but instead are given Supervised Attendance Orders. Petter told the magistrate that this disposal was inappropriate and the magistrate gave him more time to pay.

Petter handed himself in to a Glasgow police station last night. The timing was deliberately chosen to coincide with the commemorations today of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima, in which people all over the world will remember the horror of that day and reflect on the fact that the mentality which perpetrated the incineration of thousands of innocent people is still alive and well in Washington and Whitehall, and in the other nuclear weapon states.

It is likely that Petter is in Barlinnie Prison HMP Barlinnie , Lee Avenue Glasgow G33 2QX.

Update:Petter is now at HMP Low Moss, Crosshill Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow.

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