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Press Releases & Updates 2004
24th March 2004
£60 Fine for Faslane Blockader
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Faslane Peace Camper Sam Brackenbury (32), was fined £60 today as, for the third day running, Helensburgh District Court dealt with cases arising from the Really Big Blockade of Faslane last April.
Defending Sam, solicitor Clare Ryan reminded Justice of the Peace Viv Dance that a decision was awaited from the Scottish High Court which had recently heard a cluster of appeals against breach of the peace, three of them Trident-related, with a view to clarifying the law on breach of the peace. At that hearing it had been argued that particular care should be taken in cases in which there was no actual evidence of anyone having been alarmed by the behaviour of the accused, and that it was not advisable for a magistrate to rely on his or her own subjective judgment.
Apparently unaffected by these considerations, JP Dance decided that the charge was proved and that Sam’s action in taking part in the blockade had been "flagrant". She fined him £60.
A Trident Ploughshares spokesperson said: "We remain hopeful that the High Court’s decision will offer us a measure of relief from the routine injustice of having our gentle challenges to weapons of mass destruction labeled as breaches of the peace."
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