Wheelchair user at Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. 07th Aug, 2017. Green Party Councillor Gina Dowding arrives at the Magistrates County Court supported by co-defendants Nicholas Sheldrick, (wheelchair) and Julie Brickles (wearing black) who attend in court today for taking action to halt operations at Cuadrilla's controversial fracking site for shale gas at Preston New Road. The charges came after 13 Lancashire residents, including three councillors, took direct lock-on action in an ongoing bid to prevent shale gas extraction by exploration company Cuadrilla. Credit;MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews.
Kirkham town councillor Miranda Cox, 48, of Ribby Road; Fylde Councillor Julie Brickles, 52, of Harbour Lane; and Lancashire County Councillor Gina Dowding, 54, of Aldcliffe Road, Lancaster; plus Nicholas Danby, 55, of Preston Road, Preston; Nicholas Sheldrick, 35, of Clayton Crescent, Blackpool; Catherine Jackson, 49, of Mowbray Road, Fleetwood; Daniel Huxley-Blythe, 35, of Rutland Road, Lytham St Annes; Barbara Cookson, 66, of Lawrence Grove, Liverpool and Jeanette Porter, 31, of Shepherd Road, St Annes, are all charged with obstruction of the highway and Section 241 Trades Union Act offences. The appearances in court are the first of almost 100 arrests made during a month- long ‘rolling resistance’, organised by protest group Reclaim the Power. Three other defendants will appear at a future date. The accused were all bailed by District Judge Jeff Brailsford at Blackpool Magistrates court until their trial starts on November 13.
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