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05-Mar-2002

Peace activist arrested, assaulted and remanded!

by: Anni Rainbow/CAAB

Library picture of Lindis Percy outside the US spy-base, Menwith Hill, in Yorkshire, northern Britain.
PHOTO: Via CAAB , caab@btclick.com

Britain: On Friday night Lindis Percy was arrested at USAF Croughton (a US communications base in Northamptonshire, Britain, where a new radome is currently being constructed) for the alleged offence of "aggravated trespass" (s68/69 Criminal [In]Justice and Public Order Act 1994).

Lindis was "roughed up" by three US military personnel and sustained an injury to her knee. Despite knowing the three men's names the MOD police refused to do anything about it.

She was taken to Western Favell police station where she was charged and held overnight to be "produced" at Kettering magistrates' court the following morning (Saturday 2 March) from where she was remanded to Holloway women's prison in London until Thursday 7 March, when she will be appear at Northampton magistrates court.

Lindis spent the weekend in custody at Wellingborough police station as it was too late for the Group 4 van (Group 4 are a private company who are in the business of prisoner transportation) to take her to Holloway.

She eventually arrived at Holloway yesterday (Monday) evening after first seeing the police surgeon to decide if she was fit enough to travel in the Group 4 van or by car ... she went in the van.

It seems that the US and the MDP have decided on a "robust" form of policing and are now using "Aggravated Trespass" at US bases instead of the specific Byelaws.

Lindis will be represented in court on Thursday and appealing to magistrates to be released on bail pending the case.

The struggle continues!

Contact
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy
Joint Co-ordinators
Campaign for the Accountability OF American Bases (CAAB)
8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, Britain (tel/fax +44 1943 466 405 or +44 1482 702 033; email anniandlindis@caab.org.uk or caab@btclick.com; http://www.caab.org.uk).

Source: CAAB