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Press Releases & Updates 2000
2nd August 2000
Trident Ploughshares Activist Jailed
Three More Arrested at the Clyde Nuke Bases
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As the Trident Ploughshares activists camped at Coulport on Loch Long in
Scotland gathered themselves for renewed efforts after yesterday’s blockade
of Faslane naval base, one of their number was sent to prison and three
others were arrested.
Jenny Gaiawyn, in her early twenties, a peace and ecological activist, was
sent to Cornton Vale women’s prison for seven days when she appeared at
Helensburgh District Court today. Jenny, as is common with Ploughshares
activists, had on principle refused to pay a fine imposed for a previous
disarmament action.
This morning Marcus Armstrong (40), and Kisty Gathergood (25), a student
from Oxford, were arrested and charged with breach of the peace for
leafleting at the main gate of the Coulport base and refusing to move from
the road when asked. Both were released within hours. Later in the
afternoon Marcus returned to the same spot and sat down in the roadway,
accompanied by Morag Balfour (27) from Glenrothes in Fife, who laid down.
Both were quickly arrested and charged with breach of the peace. Morag was
released soon after but Marcus has been held to appear in court tomorrow.
These arrests bring the total for the Ploughshares camp to 87 after two days.
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