Witness C, security guard, former member of the RAF

“I saw the squatter B1 taking photographs of vehicle registration plates with a mobile phone”.

On a separate occasion, witness C alleged that he overheard the same squatter being interviewed by a journalist believed to be from the Indymedia website. Witness C said that he overhead the protester say “he was now prepared to rip [the security guards’] hearts out” and that he was willing to get the Animal Liberation Front involved”

Witness D, security guard, former soldier
During a “perimeter check”, he and two colleagues were photographed by “an unknown female” and “an unknown male” using “professional SLR cameras” from a car. When a colleague approached the car, he was told the photographs were being taken “as a tit-for-tat since we were photographing them”.

Witness E, security guard, works in close protection

While on patrol with a colleague [witness G] shortly after midnight, witness E alleged that a white camper van came down a bridleway and “hit me on the thigh, and spun me round”. While he reports that he was “in pain”, he continued to walk and found the van had turned around and was now “two or three feet” behind them. “The driver revved hie engine several times…he told us to move out of the way…We both moved out of the way immediately”

“He appeared from round the front of the van and took a photograph with a disposable camera”

There was no bruising on the leg the next day, but it “had a dead feeling”.

Later the next day, he observed two protesters “engaging in a training exercise…striking each others [Escrima] sticks. This display was quite threatening”

Witness F, contract project manager

“As I [left the site], I noticed [ a protester] lean over, bend down and reach into his rucksack…he pulled a camera out of the bag…he attempted to take the camera out of the case”.

While it would appear no photograph was taken, witness F said he was “intimidated” by the action.

Witness G, security guard, former member of the armed forces
Witness G’s statement confirmed the statement of witness E
Witness H, security guard, former soldier
This witness described an encounter with a protester who may have been the alleged driver involved in the incident given in the statements of Witnesses E and G. The protester was allegedly trespassing. Witness H describes how the protester denied hitting the security guard with the van, and threatened he would “go to the environmental agency, and the press” if ejected off the site.