Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 17. maj 2005 / Time Line May 17, 2005
Version 3.005/17/2005
No Asbo for protest grandmother
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/4555131.stm
A district judge has refused to impose an Anti-social Behaviour
Order (Asbo) on a veteran peace campaigner for protesting at a US
listening base. But grandmother Lindis Percy has been
electronically tagged and ordered to stay indoors during the
evenings.
Police and the Ministry of Defence applied for the Asbo after Mrs
Percy, 63, of Hull, was convicted of five offences relating to her
protests.
District Judge Roy Anderson turned the application down.
The hearing in Harrogate heard of five offences relating to her
regular protests at nearby Menwith Hill.
Mrs Percy, a part-time health visitor, has made many peace protests
including climbing the gates of Buckingham Palace shortly before a
visit by US President George Bush in 2003.
But she will instead face a curfew for eight weeks between the
hours of 2000 and 0600 BST and has been ordered to pay £1,000
costs.
Rejecting the order District Judge Anderson said: "I am firmly of
the view courts ought not to allow anti-social behaviour orders to
be used as a club to beat down the expression of legitimate comment
and the dissemination of views of matters of public concern."
Mrs Percy's supporters cheered when he refused the Asbo but cried
"shame" when he imposed the curfew.
She was convicted of one count of obstructing the highway and four
counts of obstructing a police officer at a trial in April.
All the incidents related to her protests outside the North
Yorkshire base during regular demonstrations on Tuesday nights.
American bases
After the hearing Mrs Percy said she would be launching an
appeal.
"This is political. This is all about Menwith Hill," she said.
"This is about the American bases in this country and what the
Americans are doing there."
She promised to continue her protests saying: "You can't suppress
the human spirit."
But she said she did take her curfew order seriously and would
comply with it until her appeal is heard. Richard Reed, Mrs Percy's
solicitor, said he believed it was the first time a peace
campaigner has been electronically tagged by a court in the UK.
05/17/2005
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