Press Releases & Updates 1999

Professor Boyle, a key witness for the defence, has international standing as a practising lawyer and an academic. He has acted as agent or legal adviser for Bosnia Herzegovina, The Republic of Lithuania and the Palestine Liberation Organisation and is an acknowledged authority on international relations and international law.

Detective Sergeant Peter Cassidy, of the MOD police, was asked by the defence team what was the function of "Newt", a sister barge to "Maytime" in Loch Goil. He refused to answer the question and after discussion the defence did not pursue their cross examination on the understanding that the Crown acknowledged that both "Maytime" and "Newt" were connected to the Trident system.

This afternoon the jury saw video footage of the sea bed 200 feet under the surface, taken by Royal Navy divers. The film shows computer and electrical equipment nestling on the silt and decorated with live starfish.

Maggie Charnley, from Angie Zelter’s affinity group, the Woodwoses, said: "It was great to see these bits of the Trident system being reclaimed by nature, but we will only be satisfied when this happens to the whole bloody thing."

Interviews with Professor Boyle available (From today 5 p.m. to noon tomorrow)

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