Press Releases & Updates 2003

Trident Ploughshares pledger Susan Brackenbury (28), from Faslane Peace Camp in Scotland, and Shirley Law (57), from Plymouth, a member of South West Women for Peace, were arrested as they entered the dockyard in the early hours of Sunday morning with the intention of boarding Trident nuclear missile submarine HMS Vanguard and doing damage to either delay its re-fit or take it out of service. They have been charged with criminal damage and going equipped to cause criminal damage.

At today’s hearing in Plymouth Magistrates Court the women pled not guilty to both charges and stated their preference for a Crown Court trial. Since she breached bail conditions by approaching the dockyard Sue has been remanded in custody. She will be held in Eastwood Park* prison in Gloucester-shire until the next hearing on 22nd December. There will also be a hearing on 17th November, by video link, to deal with the charge against Sue relating to 22nd September when she was arrested with Matt Bury at the dockyard’s perimeter fence.

A Trident Ploughshares spokesperson said: “Although Sue has been jailed and both women are being treated as criminals the real crime is Trident and the real criminals are those who are ensuring that it remains a threat to the world. Both Sue and Shirley are looking forward to putting to a Crown Court jury the unanswerable case against weapons of mass destruction.”

*HMP Eastwood Park Falfield Wotton-under-Edge Glos GL12 8DB 01454 262100

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