Press Releases & Updates 2002

Angie (46), from Cromer in Norfolk, was held in custody overnight on the grounds that she was a "persistent offender". When asked to plead guilty or not guilty by Justice of the Peace Viv Dance she said that she did not understand the charge. The courts had consistently failed to take seriously the campaigners’ grave complaints about the crime being committed at Faslane. Respectable citizens were being accused of disorderly conduct and of breaching the peace while the British state was continually engaged in bombing and institutionalised terrorism. She made a formal submission of abuse of process, and the case will not proceed further until the submission is debated on 11th March.

Only one of the seven protesters held overnight after yesterday’s protest at Faslane faces a second night in a cell. The court was unable to provide an interpreter for Danish activist Ulla Roder and JP Dance decided that she would be held on remand till tomorrow, the Crown having promised that one will be available then.

Sue Brackenbury, Stephen Allcroft, Janet Fenton and Roz Bullen were all released from the Helensburgh court on bail. Roz is a wheelchair user and since the refurbished courtroom in Helensburgh does not have wheelchair access the hearings were hastily convened in a local community education centre. Catriona Shackleton was released from Stirling Sheriff Court where she appeared on an outstanding warrant related to a nuclear convoy action near the town last June.

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