yesterday morning barbara tucker was arrested in parliament square for alleged breach of police bail
after being held for about 29 hours, she eventually was brought before district judge snow at horseferry road who sentenced her to two weeks in prison
after being held for about 29 hours, she eventually was brought before district judge snow at horseferry road who sentenced her to two weeks in prison
barbara, the peaceful lone woman campaigner in parliament square, was arrested on 26th february after shouting at alan duncan MP at the gates of parliament
she was held for nearly 20 hours at belgravia having been arrested by police under the MP's instruction for unauthorised protest.
she was then bailed to return to charing cross police station on wednesday, but she refused to comply, as she has numerous appeals and judicial reviews concurrent about the abuse of justice at the hands of charing cross.
yesterday morning, fifteen police officers turned up in parliament square to arrest her for breach of bail. she was held all day and all night, and eventually brought before district judge snow this afternoon.
judge snow has presided over several cases involving barbara before and is himself the subject ofseveral of her appeals and judicial reviews. given this past history, which includes several overturned decisions, it might have been appropriate for him to recuse himself, but he carried on and heard the prosecution, who have now completely dropped the socpa charge and turned it into a section 5 (causing alarm or distress).
he quickly found barbara guilty and sentenced her to two weeks imprisonment at holloway prison.
barbara's main "crime" is to continue to speak out against the iraq war and for the children who have died there in their tens of thousands. she refuses to be silenced by police violence, corrupt courts, or laws against freedom. although detained many times by police, this is the first time she faces jail. supporters are asked to send messages to her at holloway. more details to follow.
she was held for nearly 20 hours at belgravia having been arrested by police under the MP's instruction for unauthorised protest.
she was then bailed to return to charing cross police station on wednesday, but she refused to comply, as she has numerous appeals and judicial reviews concurrent about the abuse of justice at the hands of charing cross.
yesterday morning, fifteen police officers turned up in parliament square to arrest her for breach of bail. she was held all day and all night, and eventually brought before district judge snow this afternoon.
judge snow has presided over several cases involving barbara before and is himself the subject ofseveral of her appeals and judicial reviews. given this past history, which includes several overturned decisions, it might have been appropriate for him to recuse himself, but he carried on and heard the prosecution, who have now completely dropped the socpa charge and turned it into a section 5 (causing alarm or distress).
he quickly found barbara guilty and sentenced her to two weeks imprisonment at holloway prison.
barbara's main "crime" is to continue to speak out against the iraq war and for the children who have died there in their tens of thousands. she refuses to be silenced by police violence, corrupt courts, or laws against freedom. although detained many times by police, this is the first time she faces jail. supporters are asked to send messages to her at holloway. more details to follow.
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solidarity
11.04.2008 17:44
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central activist
MP
11.04.2008 19:36
Vixen
What was the sentence for?
11.04.2008 21:31
Barbara outside Parliament
Bless you Barbara, you deserve a medal and more for services to humanity!
Paul Hussey
Address?
12.04.2008 07:52
Keep on keeping on girl!
All the best.
freeluncher
clarifications
12.04.2008 09:15
the police bail was in relation to the incident with alan duncan - at that time she was arrested and held for SOCPA offence, but in court yesterday, police dropped that and replaced it with the section 5 charge
however her prison sentence is for not giving herself in to the charing cross police on wednesday whatever they intended to charge her for
i'll try to get contact details for her today and post them for letters of support
rikki
Homophobia
12.04.2008 12:07
Stonewall
prison details
12.04.2008 19:51
what homophobic abuse?
if this happened i'd agree with you, but i haven't seen mention of it - can you clarify?
in the meantime, for anyone wanting to support barbara, here are her prison details
address postcards/letters of support to
Mrs Barbara Tucker
Prisoner No. TM9872
HMP and YOI Holloway
Parkhurst Road
London
N7 0NU
Tel: 020 7979 4400
Fax: 020 7979 4401
information about visiting can be found at
rikki
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rikkiindymedia[AT]gmail(d0t)com
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http://www.socpa-movie.blogspot.com
Viva Barbara Tucker!
14.04.2008 16:23
if you ever get to read this, you are an inspiration to all of us. Thank god for heroines like you - it's people like you, and only people like you, that are keeping liberty alive in the UK.
an outrageous arrest under a simply outrageous law
DaanSaaf