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Press Releases & Updates 2003
9th April 2003
Aldermaston Blockaders Fined
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Sylvia Boyes and Paul and Rachael Milling appeared in Newbury today charged
with ’Wilful Obstruction of the highway’ during the June Aldermaston camp.
The prosecution relied heavily on video evidence, which clearly showed
Rachael and Sylvia being removed from the slip-road into AWE at the Tadley
Gate several times before being arrested, and traffic backing up on the
road. It also showed Paul laying down once and the freely flowing traffic
behind him on the main road, so he got off.
He also argued that the place is illegal under the anti-terrorism act, but
the magistrates disagreed, although they spent an hour thinking about it.
They did say that they accepted that AWE fell within the Anti-terrorism,
Crime and Security Act 2001, but that para 48 sub para 2 meant that the AWE
Act 1991 applied and that as a result AWE was not operating illegally.
Rachael and Sylvia were found guilty, and fined £100 with £80 costs. These
fines were automatically transferred to their home courts for collection.
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