A girl has been charged following an unauthorised protest in the Hunter Valley this morning.
About 7am (Monday 1 July 2024), police were called to the rail corridor at Singleton following reports persons had allegedly entered the rail corridor and were causing obstruction to trains.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District, with assistance from Police Rescue, attended the site and arrested a 17-year-old girl from Queensland.
She was taken to Singleton Police Station where she was charged with enter inclosed non-agricultural lands serious safety risk, cause obstruction to railway locomotive or rolling stock, enter inclosed land without lawful excuse, cause/attempt to cause train or tram in motion to be stopped, and interfere with etc equipment etc without permission.
She was refused bail to appear before a children's court tomorrow (Tuesday 2 July 2024).
