The "GANDALF 3" - Saxon Wood, Noel Molland and Steve Booth - were sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment under the law of conspiracy after being found guilty of inciting "persons unknown" by publishing news of environmental and animal rights direct actions in the journal Green Anarchist (GA) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) supporters' newsletter (hence GAndALF).

We are opposed to the politics of Green Anarchist and the ALF, but this does not stop us extending our solidarity to these targets of state repression which could just as easily have been aimed elsewhere.

The latest news (at the beginning of April) is that the three were released on 27 March, after four and a half months in jail, pending an appeal against their convictions, to be heard on a date to be arranged.

Meanwhile the trial on the same charges of Robin Webb, with possibly Paul Rogers, is going ahead, starting on 27 April at Portsmouth Crown Court. (There is a pre-trial hearing on 14 April when it will be decided whether they will be tried together or separately).

Up-to-date news about all of this, and information about meetings and events organised in support of the various defendants, can be obtained from the London Gandalf Support Campaign c/o London Greenpeace, Panther House, 38 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AP (email care of lgp@envirolink.org) or on the internet at http://www.cbuzz.co.uk/SchNEWS

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