Eviction granted.... no surprise there then!

Today in court a Judge ruled in National Grids favour and granted them a possession order on the land where the tree camp is. An interim injunction has also been granted banning any protesters trespassing on land where National Grid are working and any interference with machinery used by them to build the pipeline.

The protesters at the tree camp at Brecon have been told to collect their belongings and leave immediately. Bailiffs will come to remove anyone remaining on the land early next week.

Although disappointing for the protesters it was expected to go in National Grids favour as the government have already approved this pipeline and it was not expected that a Judge in a Cardiff court was going to start questioning whether National Grid should really be going ahead with this project.

The protesters can go back to court within 21 days to fight the injunction as it was felt that the injunction put before the judge was confusing and would be impossible to police effectively.

The protesters had to defend themselves in court as they were only given 4 days notice of the court hearing. They had found it impossible to get legal aid in that time and a solicitor who had offered his services had been unable to attend due to another court appearance.