Press Releases & Updates 2001

Five campaigners locked on to each other with karabiners through metal tubes embedded in drums filled with concrete. It took about 40 minutes for a specially trained police team, using angle grinders and hacksaws, to remove them. It is expected that they will be charged with a breach of the peace. Police were able to keep one side of the gateway clear and base traffic made its way in slowly past a group of campers holding banners and calling on the workers to think about the dreadful purpose of the base and the Trident system.

Those locked on were Dave Rolstone (55), from Wales, Hanna Jarvinen (24) from Finland, Yves Verhasselt (27) and Bernard de Witte (57), both from Belgium and Harriet Jones (20), from London.

Also arrested was veteran Danish campaigner Ulla Roder (45), from Odense. Ulla was attempting to lock on when she was held. She will be held in custody before a court appearance tomorrow. Earlier this week the local court gave her the additional bail condition that she must not go within 25 metres of Coulport and Faslane Bases.

62 two people have now been arrested during the TP camp at Coulport which continues until Saturday. More actions are expected.

Andrew Gray said: "In these days when, quite rightly, war criminals from the Balkans are being tried for their crimes, let’s remember that the US personnel responsible for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki outrages have not been brought to book and the UK is allowed to continue its blatantly illegal deployment of Trident."

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