Bridge protesters vow
to breach bail and return
Two Hindmarsh Island Bridge
protestors, charged after they scaled a crane at the construction site, have
vowed to breach their bail conditions and return to Goolwa.
Davie
Thomason, 50, of Exeter and David Bryan Sjoberg, 36, of Largs North are charged
with being unlawfully on premises.
Early in December the pair chained
themselves to a 30 metre crane on a barge at the construction site, and had to
be removed by police after a 14 hour stand-off.
In the Christies Beach
Magistrates Court today the men applied to have their bail conditions varied so
they could visit Goolwa and Hindmarsh Island.
A condition of the men's
release on bail is that they stay at least five kilometres from Goolwa.
But today the men applied for the conditions of their bail be varied to
allow them to visit the area.
Thomason says he has family on the island,
and Sjoberg says he is in the process of moving to the area.
The
magistrate refused the variations, suggesting the men negotiate with prosecution
authorities about the matter before their next court appearance in
February.
Outside the court, the men said they intended to breach their
bail conditions and return to Goolwa.
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