Hinkley Point blockade protesters fined
Three campaigners have admitted blocking the road to the nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
Ornella Saibene, Caroline Hope, and Marian Connolly, from Bristol, tried to stop traffic to the site on 1 April. The women, who were members of South West Against Nuclear, pleaded guilty to wilful obstruction of the highway at Taunton Magistrates Court earlier. They were each were ordered to pay a £200 fine, £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge. Saibene, of Brigstocke Road, Montpelier, Connolly, of Phillips Street, Bedminster, and Hope, of Elgar Close, Knowle, were part of a group of protesters campaigning against extending the life of Hinkley Point B in Somerset. Protesters were also campaigning against the new power station, being planned by developers EDF Energy. The three women are also members of Nuclear Free Bristol and Bristol CND.