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From: Treena Lenthall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 14 December 1998 00:25
Subject: Jabiluka Ploughshares Verdict
>>JABILUKA PLOUGHSHARES VERDICT - 14/12/98
>>SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED; GIVEN ONE MONTH TO PAY $6673 COSTS AND
>>RESTITUTION
>>
>>Today Ciaron O'Reilly and Treena Lenthall appeared in court for the
>>verdict and sentencing for their Nagasaki Day Ploughshares action - the
>>disarming of an excavator at the Jabiluka Uranium mining site.
>>
>>The morning began outside the court with a gathering of around thirty
>>people to remember those currently in gaol for nuclear and military
>>resistance.
>>
>>In court Magistrate Loadman spent over an hour reading his decision in
>>which he found Treena guilty of Trespass and Damaging Property, and
>>Ciaron guilty of Trespass and two counts of Damaging Property. Treena
>>was acquitted on one count of Damaging Property as it was found that
>>Ciaron alone cut the fence into the mine site.
>>
>>Both Ciaron and Treena were sentenced to 14 days in gaol, the minimum
>>sentence available under the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing
>>legislation. The magistrate ruled that they had already served this time
>>in gaol and so were not required to return to gaol.
>>
>>Ciaron and Treena were ordered to jointly pay court costs of $1415 and
>>restitution of $5258. They were given one month to pay, despite stating
>>that they had no intention of paying and asking that they be given no
>>time to pay. They face a further 66 days imprisonment in default of
payment.
>
>>Ciaron and Treena left the court amidst cheers and a standing ovation
>>from the people in the gallery, as the police mistakenly took them into
>>custody. They were shortly released and immediately began advocating the
>>closure of the Jabiluka Uranium mine to the waiting media.
>>
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>>Earlier reports of the trial:
>>
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>Jabiluka Ploughshares
>www.freespeech.org/ploughshares
>PO Box 3818
>Darwin NT 0801
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