Press Releases & Updates 2001

Amy Jowett was charged with Failure to Comply with Sec 14 and Willful Obstruction of the Highway. She spoke to the duty solicitor saying that she wanted to plead not guilty to the Sec 14 charge but guilty to the other one. The solicitor spoke to the prosecutor who dropped the Sec 14 as a result she got £50 fine plus £20 costs.

Rachel Smith pleaded guilty to both the same charges and was fined the same plus £30 for the Sec 14 offence.

Nick Lawrence pleaded guilty to the Section 14 charge and was fined £30 plus costs of £20.

All three who pleaded guilty made short but purposeful speaches to the Bench. Rachel told them about her concerns with DU. This is nuclear war she said and she had acted to raise the issues of nuclear weapons and bring them to public attention.

At Helensburgh District Court there were two not guilty verdicts and two convictions of people involved in the Big Blockade. Wendy Lewis, a member of the Red Choir group from Wales, was cleared after it beacme clear that she was arrested after going to check on her friend Ray Davies. A police witness (again!)failed to identify Morag Balfour and the Crown case collapsed. In spite of making cogent arguments from the Smith v Donnelly appeal case both Jean Oliver and Roz Bullen were found guilty and fined £150

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