Press Releases & Updates 2004

Rupert Eris, a Nature Reserve Warden from Norfolk, told the court that he did not intend to pay his fines of £150 but that he would be happy to do community service because he considered his original actions at Faslane to be community services. After JP Dance was told she couldn’t enforce a SAO (Supervised Attendance Order) outside of Scotland, she proposed an informal arrangement by which he could send the court some evidence that he had done thirty hours of community service of some kind (other than protesting) by December 22nd.

Rupert Eris explained, "I consider my actions at Faslane to have been community services carried out to protect the environment from the ongoing destruction caused by the creation and deployment of nuclear weapons."

A Trident Ploughshares Spokesperson, Joss Garman said, "For once a Helensburgh Magistrate has thought of a more creative solution than prison for those from outside Scotland who refuse to pay Trident related fines. I hope this will not be a one-off and that this court has learned that prison is not a deterrent against those of us who are actively opposing Britain’s Weapons of Mass Destruction."

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