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Private airport rep worked with cops to threaten green campaigner with jail

Police said Colin Shearn had asked too many questions and should be banned from Farnborough Airport’s public meetings

Private airport rep worked with cops to threaten green campaigner with jail
Campaigners said was "shocking" and "suspicious" that Shearn had been given the injunction. | Colin Shearn, all rights reserved.
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A private airport representative worked with police to threaten a green campaigner with prison if he kept going to public meetings or asking questions.

Colin Shearn was issued with an anti-social behaviour injunction (ASBI) by Surrey Police in August banning him from public consultation meetings organised by Farnborough Airport Ltd – a private airfield near his home.

It said he had asked too many questions about its operations. If he breaches the injunction he could be jailed or fined for contempt of court.