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When retired teacher Joan Meredith wanted to make a point about nuclear weapons she sat down in the roadway outside the Trident submarine base on the Clyde.
Yesterday magistrates responded in kind, ordering her to find a comfortable spot in their courtroom and sit for the entire day's proceedings as punishment for non-payment of a £100 fine.
Mrs Meredith, 70, from Northumberland, had been expecting to spend a week in jail for refusing to pay the fine imposed after a peace protest at the Faslane base. She even packed a case for a spell in Low Newton prison near Durham. But magistrates in Alnwick chose to enact a little used section of the Magistrates Court Act and told her she must stay put in the court precincts for the day.
I really don't understand what it means. Please translate it to me. Thanks
Yesterday magistrates responded in kind, ordering her to find a comfortable spot in their courtroom and sit for the entire day's proceedings as punishment for non-payment of a £100 fine.
Mrs Meredith, 70, from Northumberland, had been expecting to spend a week in jail for refusing to pay the fine imposed after a peace protest at the Faslane base. She even packed a case for a spell in Low Newton prison near Durham. But magistrates in Alnwick chose to enact a little used section of the Magistrates Court Act and told her she must stay put in the court precincts for the day.
I really don't understand what it means. Please translate it to me. Thanks
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She even packed a case for a spell in Low Newton prison near Durham . She packed her suitcase (ie her bag) because she thought she would have to spend a period of time (ie a spell) in prison.
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She even packed a case for a spell in Low Newton prison near Durham.
She packed her suitcase (ie her bag) because she thought she would have to spend a period of time (ie a spell) in prison.
She packed her suitcase (ie her bag) because she thought she would have to spend a period of time (ie a spell) in prison.
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