 |
|
|
Press Releases & Updates 2001
16th January 2001
Nuclear Convoy Disarmers in Court at Peterborough this Friday
|
A Catholic priest and a peace activist from the Netherlands who damaged a British nuclear warhead transport vehicle in November last year will appear from remand in a Peterborough court this Friday 19 Jan 2001.
Father Martin Newell and Susan van der Hidjen are due for a directions hearing in Peterborough Crown Court on Friday at 10am facing charges of trespass, criminal damage to four vehicles set at £327,000 and criminal damage to buildings set at £34,000. In the early hours of 3rd November 2000 they entered RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire and disarmed a convoy truck being prepared to carry nuclear warheads to Coulport in Scotland, for Trident nuclear submarines.
Martin and Susan are being held on remand in Bedford prison and Holloway prison respectively. Susan has been living and working in the Catholic Worker Community in Amsterdam since 1993 and became a Trident Ploughshares pledger in January 2000. Martin is a parish priest, based in Canning Town, in London’s east end. He has worked with the Ashram Community in Birmingham and with London’s street homeless through the Simon Community.
Supporters will gather outside Peterborough cathedral at 9:30am on Friday and proceed to the Crown Court for a peaceful demonstration at 10am.
| |
| Search the Website |
|
|
 |
|
Trident Ploughshares,
0845 45 88 366
Email addresses:
Printer friendly version
Home