Press Releases & Updates 2003
4th June 2003
Skipton Anti-Trident Grandmother Jailed Again
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Skipton grandmother Olivia Agate has again been sent to prison for refusing to pay financial penalties imposed for taking part in protests against Britain’s nuclear weapons.
The former health visitor appeared today in Skipton Magistrates Court because she had not paid a compensation order and court costs totalling £270 imposed on her at Newbury Magistrates Court in January 2002 for cutting into the nuclear weapon factory at Aldermaston the previous summer along with Chris Gwyntopher and Debbie Mace. Bailiffs engaged to extract the money failed to do so and the matter was returned to the court.
Olivia maintained her position that she would not pay a penalty that would result in the Ministry of Defence being compensated. She was sentenced to seven days and is likely to be released from HMP New Hall* on Friday.
Last year Olivia was sent to HMP Cornton Vale in Stirling after refusing to pay a fine for taking part in a blockade at Faslane, home to Britain’s Trident nuclear weapon submarines.
A supporter who was in court said: "Olivia was her usual dignified self and conducted herself with aplomb."
* HMP New Hall Dial Wood Flockton Wakefield WF4 4AX
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