Press Releases & Updates 2003
16th November 2003
Update
Fairford Antiwar Trials Update
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Yesterday at Gloucester Crown Court Owen English was found Not Guilty of criminal damage to the main gate at Fairford during an antiwar demonstration there on February the 23rd. The jury found Geoffrey Cornock Guilty of criminal damage and he was fined £500 and given a two-year Conditional Discharge.
The jury found Kate Holcombe Not Guilty of criminal damage, but Guilty of having been "Reckless" as to whether Ministry of Defence property was damaged. (This was for pulling on a rope - Ludicrous!) She was given a two-year Conditional Discharge and no financial penalty. All of the jury’s verdicts were unanimous
Upcoming calendar
DECEMBER 15th: Directions hearing - Transfer of the three cases from Gloucester to Bristol Crown Court. Setting of a definite date for the hearing on the Iraq war . ( Presiding Judge: Mr. Justice Butterfield .)
Late JANUARY, or early February: Hearing on the legality of the war . ( Expected to last one week.)
Two questions:
(1) Did the war on Iraq breach international law ?
(2) Was the war criminal under UK domestic law ?
MARCH the 8th: Trial of Paul Milling and Margaret Jones . ( Expected to last four weeks.)
The other two trials are expected to follow .
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