From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:4442075c{at}w3....
> Big news round here.
>
> Shows to the like of Commissar Britt how laws introduced for one thing
> can somehow or other end up being used for much wider "concerns".
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4882020.stm
>
> "Two grandmothers have become the first people to be arrested under the
> new Serious Organised Crime and Police Act after a protest at a US
> military base.
>
> Helen Johns, 68, and Sylvia Boyes, 62, were held for the new offence of
> criminal trespass after entering the Menwith Hill base in North Yorkshire.
>
> The new powers came into force on 1 April, the day of the women's
> protest. Both women were bailed until 15 April.
>
> Campaigners said the new law undermined their right to peaceful protest.
>
> They also oppose the US surveillance base's presence in Britain because
> of its role in US military operations.
>
> On Saturday, the two women, both from Keighley in West Yorkshire and
> veterans of the Greenham Common protests 25 years ago, walked 15ft
> across the sentry line at the entrance to the base near Harrogate.
>
> The new legislation makes it a criminal offence to trespass on
> designated MoD sites such as Menwith Hill, the Fylingdales early warning
> station on the North York Moors, and US air bases at Mildenhall and
> Lakenheath in East Anglia."
>
> To give an example of how well covered this is getting (& this is
> pre-trial)
>
>
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=woman+arrested+menwith+hill+serious+or
ganised+crime&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
>
> So the first ever arrests under the "Serious Organised
Crime" Act are 2
> little old ladies who don't like Menwith Hill.
>
> Adam

Does Britain have any laws on  trespass in general ?

Here if I have the property posted I can have people arrested for
trespassing. Not the same as the charges in the article ( thank goodness).

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