Tag: Lower Stumble

Trial of first people arrested in Balcombe protest

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 7, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The trial is due to begin today (7/1/14) of the first people arrested at the protests against Cuadrilla’s oil exploration operation in Balcombe. Eleven environmental campaigners were arrested on July 26th 2013, the second day of the blockade of Cuadrilla’s site at Lower Stumble. They are all charged […]

Call for legal consistency in Balcombe anti-fracking trials

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 2, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

The defence solicitor in a court case arising from the Balcombe anti-fracking demonstrations said today the law should be applied consistently to all the protestors who were arrested. Shahida Begum was speaking during the trial of Nick Ward, an environmental campaigner from Cambridge, who was arrested at Cuadrilla’s […]