Norfolk GM protesters in court
27 July 1999
Norfolk GM protesters in court
By FWi staff
TWENTY-EIGHT people are due to appear in court this morning following the wrecking of a trial of genetically-modified (GM) crops in Norfolk.
Lord Melchett, the executive director of Greenpeace in the UK, was among 30 people arrested by police after the crop was attacked at Lyng, near Dereham.
The attack, just after 5am yesterday (Monday), means that three of the governments seven test sites planned for this year have been damaged or destroyed.
Jack Cunningham, the chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Biotechnology, indicated yesterday that the location future GM crop trials may be kept secret.
A minute-by-minute account of the attack is given front-page prominence in The Guardian today.
John Vidal, the papers correspondent, had his car rammed by a farm vehicle as farmer William Brigham and his two brothers tried to stop the damage to the trial.
- Activists target remaining GM sites, FWi, yesterday, (26 July, 1999)
- 30 held at GM protest, FWi, yesterday, (26 July, 1999)
- Greenpeace Lord arrested at GM trashing, FWi, yesterday (26 July, 1999)
- GM trial may survive attack, FWi, 21 July, 1999
- Government admits GM cross-pollination danger, FWi, 17 June, 1999
- GM trial locations revealed, FWi, 28 May, 1999
- The Guardian 27/07/99 page 1, page 2
- The Times 27/07/99 page 2
- The Independent 27/07/99 page 1
- Financial Times 27/07/99 page 10
- The Daily Telegraph 27/07/99 page 1, page 6
- The Herald 27/07/99 page 7