Press Releases & Updates 2001

On 1st February 1999 Rachel and Rosie swam to and boarded the Trident nuclear weapon submarine HMS Vengeance, which was then docked at Barrow-in-Furness. They draped banners, painted slogans and the damage they did to testing equipment on the conning tower probably delayed the submarine for several weeks. The trial that was due to begin this coming Monday would have been their third on the charges arising from that event. The first trial was in Lancaster Crown Court in January 2000 and this was aborted when the Crown could not come up with credible estimates for the damage done. At the second trial in Manchester Crown Court in September Rosie and Rachel were acquitted by the jury on the charge relating to the painting of slogans and the jury were hung on the more serious charge.

The defence sought the adjournment due to the fact that a defence barrister was unavailable due the run-on of another trial. Whenever the trial takes place the women are confident that they have an excellent chance of a complete acquittal from the jury.

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