Sentencing postponed till January
Sentencing has been postponed until early January, owing to various complications with the defendants’ counsel. We haven’t got a fixed date as of yet, but will let you know the moment we do. It would...
View ArticleJudge sentences 18 of Ratcliffe defendants
At 2pm today, 18 of the 20 defendants were sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass in December. The judge addressed each defendant individually, commenting on...
View ArticleRatcliffe Trial Part 2!
And you thought it was over… But, next Monday (10th January), the second Ratcliffe trial begins. This time, it’s the police’s expensive and controversial pre-emptive arrest strategy that’s going to be...
View ArticleCampaigners expose undercover cop to prove their innocence
Monday 10th January 2011 Today’s trial against six people charged with conspiracy to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in 2009 will collapse on its first day at Nottingham Crown Court....
View ArticleStatement from Mike Schwarz, Lawyer to the Defendants
I make this statement (in addition to the two statements on the Bindmans’ website) in response to revelations in today’s media that the police recorded but have withheld from the defence covert...
View ArticleCampaign Far From Over!
Let’s Get Up To Speed This website was set up in Autumn last year to support the 26 individuals who had been charged with planning to shut down Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station for a week. The...
View ArticleCPS begins a review of the 20 convictions
A significant new development in the Ratcliffe trial story emerged yesterday after the defendants’ solicitor received a message from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announcing that they have...
View ArticleStatement by Bindmans about the Convictions of 20 Environmental Campaigners
Today Keir Starmer QC, the DPP confirmed that following a review he instructed Clare Montgomery QC to conduct into the safety of the convictions of 20 defendants convicted of conspiracy to trespass at...
View ArticleThe Ratcliffe Defendants submit application to the Court of Appeal
The twenty activists who were convicted for conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station, following a month long trial at Nottingham Crown Court in late 2010, have today formally submitted...
View ArticleClimate activists’ convictions quashed by Court of Appeal
(Sorry for the delay in publishing this news.) On 20 July convictions against 20 climate activists were quashed by the Court of Appeal after it was revealed that key evidence was deliberately withheld...
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