All four activists accused of breaking into a Powys town factory and destroying equipment worth more than £500,000 will spend Christmas in prison after a crown court judge refused their bail applications.
Susan Bagshaw, aged 65, of Clawdd Helyg, Commins Coch; Morwenna Grey, 41, of Penrallt Street, Machynlleth; and Tristan Dixon, 34, of Osprey Drive, Netherton, Huddersfield, are charged with conspiracy to cause damage and commit burglary at Labtech in Presteigne's Broadaxe Business Park on Friday, December 9.
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Welshpool Magistrates' Court had refused bail on December 12 but their application for bail was heard today (Friday, December 22) before His Honour Judge Niclas Parry at Mold Crown Court.
Judge Parry refused to release them from prison and they must spend Christmas and New Year's Day in custody following an unsuccessful bail application.
A fourth activist – Ruth Hogg, 39, of Stanley Road, Aberystwyth – also had her bail application refused by a crown court judge at an earlier hearing on December 15.
All four must remain in custody until they next appear at Mold Crown Court for a hearing on January 6, 2023.
The offence relates to an incident at the factory on Friday, December 9. The company makes circuit boards, which protestors believed was associated with the weapons industry.
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