17 year old RBS girl is released on bail
support | 04.04.2009 00:09 | G20 London Summit
The 17 year old girl arrested at the RBS has been released on bail after pleading guilty at the west London youth court. Defendants in the youth court are not allowed to be identified. She appreciates that. She was released to the address of friends who are supporting her. She had suffered injuries at the hands of the police, including a cut face.
The girl pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal damage. She is due to be sentenced in three weeks time. Members of the press were allowed into court. A scum of about 8 paparazzi followed her out of court photographing her even though they are not allowed to publish the photos. A journalist said 'were not the enemy - I'm from the telegraph'. A man, who had been released from the magistrates court next door to the youth court on an unrelated matter, challenged the press on their behaviour and called the girl a g20 hero.
The girl has been banned from entering the area within the M25 except to attend court. She is staying with friends in another town.
A friend
The girl pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal damage. She is due to be sentenced in three weeks time. Members of the press were allowed into court. A scum of about 8 paparazzi followed her out of court photographing her even though they are not allowed to publish the photos. A journalist said 'were not the enemy - I'm from the telegraph'. A man, who had been released from the magistrates court next door to the youth court on an unrelated matter, challenged the press on their behaviour and called the girl a g20 hero.
The girl has been banned from entering the area within the M25 except to attend court. She is staying with friends in another town.
A friend
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friend of a friend
05.04.2009 11:48
this is a very close friend of said 17 year old girl and she has asked me personally asked me to thank and salute all of the people who to this moment are still being so supportive. on a personal note, thnks to all those possible humanoids who think it is right for any stable minded human to be in prison. think about it, how would you like to be locked away for proverbially farting in the wrong place. either which way those comments made us and our mates laugh so enjoy.
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hero?
04.04.2009 00:39
steff
she IS a hero
04.04.2009 00:55
george coombs
More Criminals of that sort needed
04.04.2009 00:58
Another Criminal
@steff
04.04.2009 01:29
support
Perhaps she's both?
04.04.2009 01:47
Jocasta Woolfolk
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We were all heroes
04.04.2009 08:26
G20 Rioter
Steff? You beg?
04.04.2009 10:28
You're not another banker begging for several hundred billion bailout are you?
These pesky people who break buildings are so much worse than executives who beg constantly. In fact, I would even go so far as to to say Sir Fred is a hero for the cause of beggers.
Krop
solidarity
04.04.2009 15:05
one of many
@ toby
04.04.2009 17:55
Why do you think it's important to mention she dropped out of school? It doesn't mean she's not an intelligent person or any less respectable. I know people with loads of qualifications, a lot of 'intelligence'...on paper. But they know nothing about what's happening in the World or the things that actualy affect them!
And what do you mean she's "a professional protester"? She doesn't do it as a career... she doesn't get paid... Because she channelled some anger towards a bank and did something she believed in doing, you think she deserves to go to prison, while bankers who've scammed thousands of people out of thousands of pounds and lie and cheat for their careers continue to get paid millions in bonuses and pensions.
Prison solves nothing, all it would do for someone of 17 is to screw up the rest of her life as far as getting a job, etc. is concerned so saying "lock her up and throw away the key" is pretty disgusting.
Jenny
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04.04.2009 18:56
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anyone who attacks banks or bankers are heroes in my book
04.04.2009 19:17
The law is written for and enforced by the rich and those in power, so quite often it is a commendable act to break it.
To the anonymous woman who it is: you are a hero and you should feel proud and justified in what you did. If only society had more people like you.
bankers are wankers
fire starters
04.04.2009 20:10
From her solicitor in court:
She had drunk 4 cans of strong lager.
She had no specific intention of entering the building or causing damage.
She was vastly influenced by her friends.
She said was "remorseful" and "had made a rash decision"
This isn't a hero. This is a yob (sorry to use Sun-terminology)
Lets also consider the guy who set a fire. Many people are outraged and find it laughable that he is being charged with "endangering people's lives". Starting a fire in an occupied building is very, very serious.
There are many cases of this happening with mass loss of life. We've all heard of nightclubs burning down with people inside because some idiot started a fire. Consider the biggest fire in the UK: Falcon's Nest Hotel.... 53 people died because some kids thought it would be a laugh to light a little fire on the roof. They didn't want to kill anyone, but i don't think any firestarter does. That doesn't deflect from the fact that it is a very serious crime with potentially horrendous loss of life. Then we have the australian arson fires which have led to massive loss of life. I wouldn't think twice about throwing the book at this guy purely from a deterrent point of view.
sky
hmm
04.04.2009 23:32
> She had drunk 4 cans of strong lager.
> She had no specific intention of entering the building or causing damage.
> She was vastly influenced by her friends.
> She said was "remorseful" and "had made a rash decision"
Well sure, but bear in mind that any decent solicitor would surely play up such mitigating factors in court.
And whether those points are true or not, she deserves our support.
n
Brecht had it right ...
04.04.2009 23:46
We should care less about what is legal and fight for what is moral.
Fuck the law, we want justice.
onamove
sky = state propaganda
05.04.2009 00:55
> She had drunk 4 cans of strong lager.
So what? Are we all supposed to be straightedge teetotallers now?
> She had no specific intention of entering the building or causing damage.
So what? Opportunism is an excellent strategy.
> She was vastly influenced by her friends.
Aren't we all, we gain strength from being around like-minded people.
> She said was "remorseful" and "had made a rash decision"
You are probably going to say this in court whatever, that's the way the game works. Otherwise the scum judges will punish you more for not bowing and scraping to them.
I can't believe we get this kind of negative hypercritical bullshit on Indymedia. Maybe the Daily Mail comments would be more up your street?
The more "yobs" we have trashing banks the better.
I don't know any details of the alleged arson, but I imagine anyone in any nearby building would have been watching the goings-on out of their windows, so I doubt anyone would have been at risk in any way. They probably undertook far greater risks travelling to work and crossing the road that morning.
If you are in an office above a bank and a riotous mob of bank-hating anarchists are closing in on it, you would have to be especially stupid not to realise a quick evacuation of the building might be on the cards.
anon