Anti-tour protesters on trial
PA Auckland The trial of two antiSpringbok tour protesters began in the District Court at Auckland yesterday. The protesters, John Bernard Minto, the national organiser of HART, and a Baptist minister, Gaylene Ann Jackson, faced a joint charge of unlawful assembly. Minto faced a similar separate charge. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Minto, was charged with unlawful assembly at two street intersections on September 12, 1981, the day of the third Springbok rugby test at Eden Park, Auckland. Jackson was charged with unlawful assembly at one street intersection on the day of the test. Both defendants elected trial by jury. They represented themselves, the trial is expected to last all week. For the Crown, Mr Michael Ruffin, said that to prove the charges, the Crown had to prove that three or more people had been involved, that the assembly had had a common purpose in mind, and that people nearby had had reasonable grounds; to believe that the assembly would use violence against people or property.
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