Press Releases & Updates 2003

In a previous statement Sylvia said: "I continue to believe that this country and all the nuclear weapon states are breaking the law and international treaties by ongoing deployment of their nuclear weapons and Trident in particular. We will continue to campaign by non-violent direct and indirect action."

The original offence leading to the conditional discharge was "going equipped" and breaking into Fylingdales Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station in Yorkshire on the 28/3/02. The case was heard at York Crown Court in November 2002 and led to £1,200 in costs against Sylvia.

Sylia was subsequently sent back to York Crown Court by Scarborough Magistrates Court on the 3/6/03 after being found guilty of criminal damage - cutting the fence to get into Fylingdales during March 2003 and breaking her conditional discharge. Then Sylvia was also sent back to York Crown Court again from Harrogate Magistrates Court on the 1/7/03 for criminal damage at Menwith Hill on 1/2/03 where she was found guilty and fined £550. She was due back at York Crown Court on 29/7/03 for breaking conditional discharge.

Trident Ploughshares was established in 1998, to challenge the UK’s illegal and immoral possession and threatened use of nuclear weapons. Trident Ploughshares activists pledge to dismantle the UK’s nuclear arsenal in a peaceful, non-violent, open and accountable manner. At May 2003 in the campaign there had been over 2,000 arrests, over 400 trials, over 1,800 days spent in prison and over £60,000 of fines and compensation orders.

Sylvia is at:

HMP Low Newton

Brasside

Durham, DH1 5SD

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