It didn’t take District Judge Nicholas Evans long to come up with a verdict in the case of the five Plane Stupid protesters charged under SOCPA this morning. All were found guilty and four ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £365. The youngest defendant, Tamsin Omand, was ordered to pay just £150 costs, [...]
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Plane Stupid on trial
12Nov08 – 4:34 pm
As the UK government tries to quell a Labour rebellion against plans for a third runway at Heathrow, five young climate change protesters went on trial today at Westminster Magistrates Court in London. Leo Murray, Olivia Chessell, Alexander George, Tamsin Omond and Graham Thompson of the environmental group Plane Stupid are all being prosecuted under [...]
