A woman will face court after being charged following an unauthorised protest in the Hunter Valley today (Monday 8 July 2024).
About 6.30am, police received information that a number of protesters had entered the rail corridor at Glennies Creek, about 10km north of Singleton, and were causing obstruction to trains.
Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District attended the site and arrested a 33-year-old woman from Victoria.
She was taken to Singleton Police Station where she was charged with three offences – enter inclosed land not prescribed premises without lawful excuse, cause/attempt to cause train or tram in motion to be stopped, and cause obstruction to railway locomotive or rolling stock.
She was refused bail to appear before Muswellbrook Local Court tomorrow (Tuesday 9 July 2024).
