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20.09.09 FT BUNGLE UPPER FLORENTINE EXCLUSION ZONE BOUNDARY, TRESPASS CHARGES TO BE DROPPED!

Police line at Mother's day rally in the Upper Florentine, approxamatley 250m from the exclusion zone!Police line at Mother's day rally in the Upper Florentine, approxamatley 250m from the exclusion zone!Still Wild Still Threatened are calling for people who have been convicted of trespass at Camp Florentine to come foward and appeal against your convictions!!

This follows the revelation that Forestry Tasmania bungled the exclusion zone boundary and gave wrong information to the police, resulting in the trespass charge against Derwent Valley grandmother Lynda Blyth being dropped. The police have also communicated that trespass charges against others accused of trespass would also be dropped if they fall into the same category as that of Ms Blyth, who was arrested over 200 metres from the exclusion zone.

If you have been charged with trespass in the Upper Florentine you may have been arrested outside the exclusion zone, get in touch with www.stillwildstillthreatened@gmail.com and make it clear to the State Government that your actions and the entire exsistance of camp flozza has in fact been legal!

1.10.09 POLICE QUESTION CREDIBILITY OF FORESTRY TAS WORKERS

Discredited Forestry Tas workerDiscredited Forestry Tas workerFLORENTINE ACTIVISTS' ASSAULT AND NUISANCE CHARGES DROPPED

Charges of assault and public nuisance against forest protestors in the Upper Florentine have been dropped in Hobart magistrate’s court today. Natalie Keene, 31 of Hobart, Ali Alishah, 25 of Hobart and Lee Sargent 29 of Kaoota had charges of assault and public nuisance dropped and Lauren Platzer, 23 of Kaoota, had her public nuisance charge dropped.

Principal legal officer Mark Miller made a statement in court that questioned the credibility of Forestry Tasmania employees involved in the incident as they used their cars to block a road preventing peaceful protesters from leaving the area. Mr Miller also made it clear that no peaceful protester was committing a nuisance or assault as Forestry Tasmania staff claimed.