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After yesterdays administrations and argument, today started with the jury being introduced to the prosecutions main elements of the case. The indictment reads: The Queen V 20x names. are charged as follows: Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Trespass, Contrary to section … Continue reading →

18 months after 114 people were initially arrested at the Iona School in Sneinton, 20 climate change activists have begun a month-long trial today. They were originally arrested on 13th April 2009. On Monday 22 November 2010, they have appeared … Continue reading →

Ratcliffe Trial: Nottingham Crown Court beginning Monday 22nd November 2010 http://ratcliffeontrial.org http://ratcliffeontrial.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ratcliffeontrial.pdf In the early hours of April 13th 2009 a highly expensive and widely condemned policing operation saw 114 climate campaigners arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit aggravated … Continue reading →

Ahead of the coming Ratcliffe Trial, I thought it helpful to remind all of the last Ratcliffe trial involving the defence of ‘necessity’ or ‘duress of circumstances The trial held at Nottingham Magistrates Court from 14 – 16th January 2008 … Continue reading →

On Saturday 17th october, around one thousand climate activists had attempted to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station in Nottinghamshire, taking direct action with repeated breaches of the security fencing. The action comes only weeks before the UN COP15 Climate … Continue reading →

A charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass would have catastrophic implications for climate activists Police today charged one more of the 114 people arrested at a Nottingham school in April, in order to prevent a suspected protest at the … Continue reading →

On the 10th April 2007, 11 people walked into the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station and locked on to the coal conveyor and assorted plant there. Their objective was to take direct action to halt operations and thus to diminish the CO2 … Continue reading →

Now starting day 3 of the trial of the 11 defendants, accused of aggravated trespass at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. Prosecution and defence case having been heard, today was about final statements and the summaries of evidence given over the … Continue reading →

The prosecution case having closed yesterday. The defence opened today with their expert witness: Dr Simon Lewis, a climate scientist at the University of Leeds and Royal Society Research Fellow. Scientific evidence suggests CO2 add to global warming temperatures and … Continue reading →

Before the trial started, there was a protest / gathering of 20 – 30 people outside the court, to offer their support.  Holding banners with the slogan “The Earth is getting too hot. Together we can make it stop”, people … Continue reading →

During news coverage, incidents and situations are frequently attended by police. I have attended news conferences, armed situations and public order incidents. The opening of police stations and civic engagements. Within this set, you can see some specialist police units … Continue reading →

Nottingham Trent university : MA Photography – Some current projects   Afro-Caribbean Carnival, Nottingham [Slideshow 3:23sec] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmVg2puyJJE] NTU Ratcliffe Action NTU MET Police Big Tile NTU Afro-Caribbean Carnival NTU Chinese New Year

Indymedia daily coverage of the progress of this trial: Ratcliffe Trial: Nottingham Crown Court,  November 2010 > January 2011 2009 Nottingham Mass Arrest of 114 Climate Activists in Raid in Nottingham http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427471.html http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/427496.html 2010 Nottingham Ratcliffe Conspiracy Trial Begins [Feature] … Continue reading →

Sunday Times: Tim Rayment & Jonathan Leake 19th Dec 2010 A police officer spent seven years undercover living as a hippie and environmental activist to infiltrate peaceful protest groups He drank with them, he climbed with them, he even seemed … Continue reading →

As the UN climate talks finish in Cancun, and fail once again to come up with any legally binding framework to reduce emissions, the British legal system is still upholding business as usual. This can’t continue. Burning coal has no … Continue reading →

In the early hours of April 13th 2009 a highly expensive and widely condemned policing operation saw 114 climate campaigners arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit aggravated trespass and criminal damage. In what has been deemed the largest ever … Continue reading →