Protesters Challenge Runway 2 Bail Conditions

In Manchester on 27th of April, two anti-runway campaigners challenged the now infamous ‘exclusion zone’ bail conditions by handing themselves in for breach of bail, and demanding a court review of this condition.

“We told the court when we were first charged with work obstruction that we would defy any condition of bail, if it meant that we were not allowed to return to our home, or if it prevented us from lawfully protesting. We then returned to site for a month, before we gave ourselves up, and in that time had committed no further offences, which is the only thing bail conditions are supposed to prevent” said one protestor.

It took about an hour for the two women to get arrested! The police were none too keen about detaining them.

“We had to ask them several times to arrest us and in the end we decided to go for a cup of tea instead. It was then that the police finally took action.”

In the later stages of the Newbury protest, the ‘sausage’ exclusion zone condition was successfully overturned by two anti-bypass campaigners. The CAR2 campaigners felt that the similar runway bail conditions should be challenged at the earliest opportunity.

The challenge proved unsuccessful, the protestors briefly remanded, but airport campaigners say that they will continue to defy the exclusion zone, thus rendering it meaningless. Sorry, your Honour.