Press Releases & Updates 2000

Tommy was one of the 185 people arrested at the "Crimebusters" blockade of Faslane naval base on 14th February. He was found guilty on 14th November on a charge of breach of the peace but has made it clear all along that on principle he will not pay the £250 fine imposed on him by Justice of the Peace John McPhail.

Friends and supporters will meet outside Dumbarton Police Station at 11.30 p.m. on Sunday night (17th December), in solidarity with Tommy, before he hands himself in at midnight. The 28 days he was given ran out today but the police have agreed not to arrest him before Sunday. He is likely to serve his sentence in HMP Greenock, Gateside, Greenock, PA 16 9AH (01475 787801).

Tommy’s jail term will add to the 832 days already spent in jail during the 30 months of the Trident Ploughshares campaign.

A Trident Ploughshares spokesperson said:

"This year we have seen the pressure on Trident growing and growing, with the mass blockades at Faslane in February and August, a steady spate of direct disarmament actions and many cases in the lower courts. Then came the Lord Advocate’s Reference in the High Court in Edinburgh which saw the case against the UK’s weapon of mass destruction put with great authority. Tommy’s determination to follow through his confrontation of Trident is a sign of a growing understanding that civil resistance to this shameful thing in our midst is both legitimate and essential."

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