R v AYLIFFE (BENJAMIN) AND OTHERS

[2006] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 86

CARDIFF CROWN COURT

Before His Honour Judge Griffith-Williams QC the Recorder of Cardiff

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - Allegation that defendants were Greenpeace protesters who used rigid inflatable boats to board foreign vessel approaching English port - Allegation that defendants endangered safety of vessel - Whether defendants fell within description of “a person who goes to sea in a ship without the consent of the master” - Sections 58 and 106(1). Criminal law - Indictment - Whether prosecution entitled to include in indictment charge previously dismissed at committal proceedings.