Ivybridge protester jailed
IVYBRIDGE Fathers 4 Justice activist Jolly Stanesby was today jailed for two months for a rooftop protest at the home of Deputy Prime Minister Harriett Harman.
Fellow protestor Mark Harris, of Elford Crescent in Plympton, was given a conditional discharge.
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Jolly Stanesby
Members of the group, which had disbanded in September of this year, said they would be staging further protests on the Minister's roof and at the Prime Minister's home in Kirkaldy & Cowdenbeath within the week to protest at what they described as a 'politically conceived show trial.'
Spokesman Mark Harris said: "I am shocked that Mr Stanesby has been imprisoned and know that fellow campaigners will be taking his place on Miss Harman's roof within days if not hours. The court has made a serious error in committing him to prison and in doing so incited angry dads to take further direct action."
The pair climbed on to the roof of a house in Herne Hill on June 9 this year and unfurled
a banner reading ‘A father is for life, not just conception’
Stanesby, of Manor Close, Ivybridge, has a long history of protesting for F4J.
In 2003 he spent nights up a crane on the construction site of a new court building in Exeter, spent Christmas on Tower Bridge in London dressed as Father Christmas, then weeks later brought the Tamar Bridge to a standstill when he spent a week up a gantry across the A38. In February he protested at the Blackwall Tunnel in London.
In May 2004 he protested on the roof of Plymouth Crown Court dressed as a superhero then in November handcuffed himself to minister Margaret Hodge.
In 2006 he masterminded the storming of the live National Lottery TV show, spent two nights on a judge's roof and started 2007 by climbing Stonehenge dressed as Fred Flinstone.
In August 2007 he was arrested at gunpoint by a SWAT team after climbing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, USA.
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by Mike Russo (Captain Justice), Missouri 4 Justice USA
Tuesday, November 25 2008, 7:53PM
“FREE JOLLY!!!!
This man/father is a true PATRIOT in the classic sense of the word.
GODSPEED JOLLY!!”
by Rob Robinson, Vancouver BC Canada
Tuesday, November 18 2008, 2:37AM
“Jolly is truly a hero to all families who have suffered the loss of a loved one to the family courts in all our countries.
He has dared to make a difference and has risked his life and liberty many times to deliver the message that childrern need both their parents.
Best Wishes Jolly, my prayers are with you.
Canada's First Batman - National Action Coordinator - Father 4 Justice Canada”
by Tremendous Paul, Portsmouth, UK
Saturday, November 15 2008, 6:00PM
“Well done Jolly. We're all very proud of you. So gender bias and child abuse is still alive and well in the Western world! The only people who don't support Jolly are part of this very sick gravy train. Shame on The Government, The CSA, Cafcass, NYAS, Judges, Solicitors and parents who make a living out of children not being allowed to see their parents. NO JAIL FOR BEING A DAD! ( or MUM)”
by andy, north east
Saturday, November 15 2008, 1:17PM
“jolly is one of many PARENTS that feel strongly about the way the so called justice system has treated not only them but their children.This country has and goes on making parents feel so trapped they need to walk the thin line between whats right and wrong.Jolly did not set out to be an activist, THIS COUNTRY AND GOVERNMENT MADE HIM INTO ONE!”
by Elle, Bucks, UK
Saturday, November 15 2008, 12:34PM
“A war is being waged against the family unit in this country and across the world, too, by those sinister powers whose ultimate goal is our total enslavement - think NWO (New World Order) and, no, it's not a conspiracy theory. A peaceful, loving father is jailed (repeat, jailed) for protesting against the gross injustice of not being able to see his children and yet a group of upper class yobs can invade Parliament, to protest their right to continue abusing wild animals in the name of sport, receiving little more than a slap on the the wrist, by way of punishment! - wake up good people of this country, before it''s too late!”