Trial Begins for Land Defenders Arrested at CGL Drill Site – The Tyee
January 9, 2024
Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, Shay Lynn Sampson and Corey Jocko face criminal contempt charges.
A trial began Monday morning in Smithers, on Wet’suwet’en territory, for three people arrested in November 2021 for allegedly violating a court-ordered injunction that prevents anyone from blocking access to work sites or roads used for the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Among those standing trial is Molly Wickham, who holds the traditional name Sleydo’. Sleydo’, who has been a frequent spokesperson for Wet’suwet’en who oppose the 670-kilometre gas pipeline, was previously arrested January 2019 under an interim injunction first issued to Coastal GasLink a month earlier. An interlocutory injunction, which remains in effect until the pipeline is complete, was later granted to the company by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Sleydo’, a member of the Gidimt’en Clan, stands trial this week with Shay Lynn Sampson, who is Gitxsan, and Corey Jocko, who is Haudenosaunee. All three were arrested after RCMP officers entered two structures located at the site where Coastal GasLink was preparing to drill under the Morice River, a sacred river known to Wet’suwet’en as Wedzin Kwa.
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