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4 Christian Activists Charged For Breaking Into Spy-Base

Four Christians from an activist group, Christians Against All Terrorism, were charged by the Northern Territory Supreme Court for breaking into a secret spy base near Alice Spring but have avoided a jail-sentence.

Four Christians from an activist group, Christians Against All Terrorism, were charged by the Northern Territory Supreme Court for breaking into a secret spy base near Alice Spring but have avoided a jail-sentence.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the four activists; Adele Goldie, Donna Mulhearn, James Dowling and Bryan Law will be fined instead and ordered to pay $10,000 to the Commonwealth for using bolt cutters to cut through the fence surrounding the base.

The Pine Gap Trial Blog reported that the jury members in the trial were visibly ‘distressed’ in giving the verdict.

The maximum penalty under the law is the activists can face a maximum jail term of seven years or a maximum fine of $46,200 under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act.

Justice Sally Thomas, the judge presiding over the trial said that the maximum penalty was severe given that ‘hundreds of people have been charged with minor offences for committing the same act.’

The Crown prosecutor argued the activists’ action in breaking the law resembled, “A strike at the heart of national security and the national interest,” reported the Australian.

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