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Home | Friday 27th March 2009 | Issue 670

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WELL ACQUITTED

Seven people were this week acquitted of aggravated trespass at Brighton Magistrates court for locking on to the fence of Brighton arms factory EDO MBM/ITT on March 19th 2008 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. One person was found guilty of criminal damage after allegedly gluing himself to a fence and given a conditional discharge.
Chloe Marsh, press spokesperson for the Smash EDO campaign, said “As always, it is EDO who should be in the dock not people who voice their dissent against them.”

Andrew Beckett said, “Last week marked the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. So far this month over 100 people have been killed by violence caused by the US/UK occupation. The only people who have benefited from the war are private companies like EDO MBM/ITT.”

* For more visit www.smashedo.org.uk

Keywords: aggravated trespass, brighton, edo-itt, iraq, smash edo


 

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