From Thursday's Courier
APPEARS ON RAF LEUCHARS CHARGE
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman yesterday appeared at Cupar Sheriff Court in relation to an allegation of damage to a Tornado fighter aircraft at RAF Leuchars.
Danish national Bodil Ulla Roder, Wiston Lodge, Wiston, near Biggar, made a brief appearance on petition.
She appeared in private before Sheriff George Evans and afterwards fiscal Edward Russell said she had made no plea or declaration to a charge of malicious damage.
Mr Russell said that the charge related to an alleged incident at RAF Leuchars airbase on Tuesday, and he added that Roder had been remanded in custody while the case was continued for further examination.
There was a heavy police presence around the court as the accused arrived in handcuffs and was taken into County Buildings.
She was greeted by a small group of anti-war demonstrators who had gathered outside the court with selection of banners to shout messages of encouragement.
Later the Cupar branch of the Scottish Socialist Party called for the "immediate release" of the accused, describing her as a peace protester attached to the group Trident Ploughshares.
The SSP said that all charges against her, and two people who appeared on Tuesday in relation to other malicious mischief allegations relating to the air base, should be dropped.
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How nice, for a change, to see the judiciary locking someone up. Pity it was a nice comfy British prison
