Court
proceedings are already underway for many of the defendants arrested at
the actions that took place over the week of the G8 summit.
Intermediate Diets and trials will be continuing through August,
September and October.
The G8 Legal
Support group are part of a wider network of defendant support that is
developing to assist those arrested, remanded and anyone sent to prison
as a result of the protests.
We are currently working through hundreds of witness statements
that were completed and returned to us following the arrests. However,
due to a lack of detail in many of these it is proving very difficult
to match witness statements to particular defendants. This is therefore
an APPEAL to DEFENDANTS to contact us as soon as possible if you have
not done so already.
WE MAY HAVE STATEMENTS THAT CAN ASSIST IN YOUR DEFENCE!
Please contact
g8legalsupport@riseup.net
In particular we urgently need details of the following:
* YOUR NAME (The name you gave to police and were charged under)
* DETAILS OF THE ACTION YOU TOOK PART IN INCLUDING:
- WHERE ARREST TOOK PLACE (Exact location details),
- DATE & TIME OF ARREST
- WHAT YOU WERE CHARGED WITH
- A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF YOURSELF (Clothes you were wearing etc.)
- NAME OF YOUR SOLICITOR
- DATES OF INTERMEDIATE DIET AND COURT DATE PROPER
- WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES & CONTACT DETAILS
- WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY VIDEO/PHOTO FOOTAGE
If you would like to find out more about assisting with defendant and prisoner solidarity email:
july2005solidarity@yahoo.co.uk
If you are a defendant and wish to exchange info and updates there is a listserv set up at:
gr8mopping-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
NOTE: This list is not public and is open only to defendants (so you may be asked to introduce yourself) and
those able to attend meetings of the defendants' campaign in Scotland.