Saturday 20 June 2009

Sent To The Tower By Family Law

Pair stage protest at top of Carfax Tower




Protestors dressed as the Incredible Hulk and a court jester have staged a demonstration on top of Oxford's Carfax Tower.


They're both members of a group calling itself 'New Fathers 4 Justice' - a splinter group from the original Fathers4Justice, which has now disbanded.

One of the protestors, Roger Crawford, 60, claims he hasn't been able to see his daughter for 15 years. The pair paid to enter the Carfax Tower just before 11.30am on Friday 19 June. When at the top, they started their demonstration, unfurling banners, and refusing to come down.

Roger Crawford, 60, from Bedfordshire, and Peter Smith, 33, from Bristol, were given a 5pm deadline by police to come down.


The protest ended just after 2.00pm when a pre-booked group of schoolchildren turned up hoping to go up the Tower. The protestors decided to end their demonstration so the school trip could go ahead.

No arrests were made and both protesters left the Tower waving to the passing cars and crowds watching.