Press Releases & Updates 2003
23rd July 2003
Court Update
Karen Fallon’s Bail Conditions Up For Review
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This Friday TP pledger Karen Fallon is challenging her severe bail conditions in Dublin. Some of the conditions under review in the Circuit Court are that Karen has to stay at a given address and sign at a Garda station every day.
On 3rd February 2003, as part of ongoing resistance at Shannon Airport, Karen was part of the Pitstop Ploughshares which disarmed a US warplane. Within the month, three of the four companies contracted to ferry US troops and weapons had left Ireland. All the Pitstop Ploughshares are currently out on bail. Their trial has been moved to Dublin and will take place in the October or January sitting of the circuit court.
Update: Pitstop Ploughshares in court... Message from Karen Fallon
We were in Dublin circuit court today to address the severe bail conditions that we are under. We managed to have them reduced somewhat;
we have to sign at the Garda station twice weekly now, but we can choose
our days to do so. We can change address if we notify the Chief
Superintendent of the Gardai within 24 hours of doing so.
Nuin and I can be within half a mile of the US Embassy, to attend the
embassy, and the British Embassy for me! We have been granted legal aid
for two senior counsels for the whole group.
The next hearing will be the third of November 2003 to address the
Prosecutions disclosure of evidence which we applied for in regard to
the action; and the warplanes purposes at that time and in that place.
Thank you all for your support and friendship!!
Karen
More at the Pitstop Ploughshares website.
Individual letters of support can be sent to Karen at 24 The Spinnaker, Alverno, Castle Ave., Clontarf, Dublin 3, IRELAND. Donations are also much needed for legal, accommodation and travel costs.
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