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Natural Resource Activists Convicted
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Tuesday February 19, 2008 17:52 by éirígí - éirígí
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Three convicted in Belmullet Court
Three natural resource activists convicted for their role in Shell to Sea protest in November 2007
![Click on image to see full-sized version 383.jpg](../attachments/feb2008/383.jpg) Apologies for the delay in posting of story.
Wednesday, 13th February saw the conviction of three natural resources activists in Belmullet district court, county Mayo. éirígí’s Dominic McGlinchey and Rab Jackson were found guilty, along with Cathal Larkin, of blocking the free movement of traffic on a public thoroughfare. The charge related to the trios participation in a series of ‘sit-down’ protests outside of Shell’s controversial gas refinery site in Ballinaboy, county Mayo on November 9th 2007.
Upon conviction all three were given the probation act and directed to contribute various sums, totalling seven hundred euro, to the Ballyglass lifeboat charity.
However, the presiding judge, Mary Devins, deferred decision for all three men on a more serious charge of obstructing the Gardai in the course of their duty. Instead she initiated a ‘consultative case stated’ to refer the matter to the High Court in Dublin for clarification on Section 19 (3) and 19 (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1994. Devins felt that it was unclear if this legislator had intended for this legislation to be used in public order situations such as the one that occurred in Ballinaboy.
Given the backlog of cases in front of the High Court it may well be up to eighteen months before the requested clarification is returned, during which time the accused will have no closure on the case.
With regard to both charges Devins noted a number of points including the apparent selectivity of only three individuals facing charges from a protest that the Gardai themselves estimated to be made up of between 60 and 150 people. She also commented on the fact that while each of three Garda witnesses ‘noticed’ (her emphasis) the alleged actions of each of the three accused none of these same witnesses were ably to state with any certainty what the other 60 to 150 protesters were doing on the day.
Speaking outside the court, éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson said that any further delays in concluding the case would detrimentally impact upon the three men and their families.
“All three have had to travel long distances over the last number of months to attend the court sittings, for both Dominic and Rab this has resulted in significant disruption to their young families. They should not be inconvenienced anymore than they already have been by blatant and well-documented Garda incompetence.
“It is a sad indictment on the system of government and law in the Twenty-Six
Counties that three men who attended a peaceful protest, at the invitation of the local community, have been dragged through the courts as a result.
“Meanwhile, the real criminals in this case – Shell Oil – are free to rob our
natural resources without the bat of an eyelid in establishment circles.”
Brian concluded: “I would like to take this opportunity to commend Dominic, Rab and Cathal. Perseverance from people like them has insured that the community in Erris and the wider Shell to Sea campaign has a real chance of winning the battle for local consent and public control of our resources.”
![Click on image to see full-sized version éirígí's Brian Leeson, Rab Jackson, Dominic McGlinchey and Shell to Sea's John Monaghan outside Belmullet Courthouse](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2008/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_p1010005.jpg) éirígí's Brian Leeson, Rab Jackson, Dominic McGlinchey and Shell to Sea's John Monaghan outside Belmullet Courthouse
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