Train protesters to face crown court
Published Date:
18 August 2008
A GROUP of 28 green campaigners have appeared in court charged with obstructing the railway during a coal train protest.
The activists, from London, Wales, Manchester, Leeds, and Lincolnshire, went before District Judge Fred Rutherford at Selby Magistrates' Court today (Monday).
A total of 17 defendants denied a charge of walking on the railway, sitting in and climbing on board an EWS freight train at West Bank near Carlton on June 13.
The other 11 didn't enter a plea.
Mr Rutherford adjourned their cases until October 7 for committal to York Crown Court after deciding the alleged offences were too serious for him to deal with.
The maximum sentence for the charge is two years in prison.
See this week's Selby Times for more on this story.
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18 August 2008 1:17 PM
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