Preston
Magistrates
Court
began
hearings
on
Tuesday
in
the
case,
which
is
expected
to
last
four
days.
Three
protestors
are
being
charged
with
aggravated
trespass
over
the
demonstration,
which
was
led
by
anti-hydraulic
fracturing
campaign
group
Frack
Off.
Work
at
the
Banks
rig
site
was
halted
for
a
day
on
2
November
2011
over
the
demonstration,
in
which
some
of
those
present
scaled
the
rig
to
unfurl
a
banner.
The
group
said
that
the
trio
would
plead
not
guilty
based
on
necessity,
arguing
that
climate
change
was
grounds
for
defence
and
that
the
extractive…
