Press Releases & Updates 1998

Also today at 3 p.m. in Helensburgh District Court disarmers Sylvia Boyes and Brian Quail were remanded in custody after refusing to accept bail conditions. Katri Silvonen & Hanna Jarvinen, arrested last Friday, were released without charges Monday morning.

Angie Zelter, from Norfolk, was charged with reckless driving following MOD police claims that an officer had to jump out of the way as she drove in. She has a pre-trial hearing on 14th January 1999 and her trial will be on the 29th January.

Angie said:

"These are trumped up charges, purely to cover up the embarrassing breach of security when we were waved straight through the main gate. I have a life-long record as a non-violent peace campaigner and avoiding hurting anyone is a basic principle for me. There was no reckless driving and I stopped as soon as I was asked."

Krista van Velzen, from the Netherlands, was charged with possession of a weapon. This charge referred to Krista’s camping knife, which happened to be in the car at the time. Her pre-trial hearing is on 20th January 1999 followed by a trial on 1st February 1999.

At Helensburgh District Court this afternoon Sylvia Boyes, a peace campaigner of many years standing and former Greenham Common woman, and Brian Quail, a Glaswegian retired teacher and SNP activist, appeared on charges of malicious mischief and resisting arrest, and were offered bail on standard conditions. They did not accept the bail conditions and have been remanded, Brian until the 23rd November at 10 a.m. and Sylvia until the 25th of November, both trials in the District Court.

Sylvia said:

"I can’t promise not to go back and attempt again to damage the nuclear weapons installations. If I accept the conditions I am implying that I have committed an offence, which is not the case."

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