London -- Following an appeal against a Magistrate's decision to refuse bail yesterday, a Judge at Norwich Crown Court has granted Lord Peter Melchett bail.
Peter Melchett was remanded in custody by Norwich Magistrate's court yesterday, on charges of criminal damage and theft relating to the removal of a genetically modified (GM) maize farm-scale trial at Lyng, Norfolk. Twenty seven other Greenpeace volunteers charged with the same offences were all granted bail by the Magistrate.
Peter, the Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, was held in Norwich prison overnight and is expected to be released within the next few hours. Speaking from the prison he said, "It is the GM crops which need containing not Greenpeace. It is a minority which is imposing its will on the majority - the Government and agrochemical companies are the only people that want GM food. The majority - nearly 90% of the British public - have made it perfectly and repeatedly clear that they don't."
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