The Leeds six are held

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Not as high profile as the Belgrade six, but anyway. In case you werent aware, Richard Brett has been the local city council leader who has done everything in his power to try make refuse workers' lives hell in Leeds. The other day somebody dumped fourteen binbags of rubbish on his doorstep with notes saying they supported the strike. The next door neighbour's been giving evidence that's caught them. Anyway, there's been six arrests from it now. Funny how the police move heaven and earth to catch fly tippers when they dump onto the head of the council's doorstep huh?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8260429.stm


Six people have been arrested after bags of rubbish were left outside the home of Leeds's council leader amid a strike by refuse collectors.
The bags were dumped on Richard Brett's doorstep on Wednesday, as the strike by refuse collectors and street cleaners in the city entered its 10th day.
The bags had posters attached which read "solidarity with striking Leeds refuse collectors".
Police said four men and two women had been arrested and were in custody.
Depot pickets
West Yorkshire Police are also investigating a threatening message left on Mr Brett's answerphone.
In the message, the caller accused the councillor of lying about the industrial action, then went on to say "be ready Mr Brett".
Unions have said they do not condone any threats and there was "no evidence" to connect it to their members.
Council employees have been picketing refuse depots in the city since the strike began on Monday last week.
The GMB and Unison unions are unhappy with what they say are proposals by the authority to cut their pay by up to £6,000 a year from February 2011.
The council, which is run by a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition, has brought in private contractors and agency staff to help clear rubbish from the city.

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http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/LEEDS-BIN-STRIKE-Six-arrested.5654929.jp


Published Date: 17 September 2009
SIX people were arrested by police probing a rubbish dumping protest at the home of Leeds Council leader Richard Brett.
The arrests follow the abandoning of 16 black bags of refuse at the Liberal Democrat councillor's Scott Hall Road home on the same day striking binmen demonstrated outside the Civic Hall.

Those arrested under what is understood to be Public Order legislation included four men and two women.

They were detained as part of the inquiry into the outrage on the doorstep of Coun Brett's home.

The six detained were arrested on Wednesday evening just hours after the bags of rubbish were dumped at Coun Brett's home.

All six were still detained in custody on Wednesday awaiting questioning about the incident at the politician's home.

To find out in detail how the city is coping with the strike read Friday's Yorkshire Evening Post

The bags were delivered to the house by a car which pulled up outside while two police officers were inside the home making inquiries about a threatening telephone message apparently linked to the binmen's pay strike made on Tuesday.

The circumstances surrounding the arrests were not clear, but it is believed that the six were detained in Leeds by officers from North East Leeds Division which covers the area where Coun Brett's home is located.

The ages of those arrested were not revealed by police.

It is understood that security precautions have been instituted at the councillor's home, but police will not discuss that issue.

Earlier, striking refuse collectors had rallyed on the Civic Hall steps to further their protest launched on September 7 over a proposed pay and grading structure that would mean wage reductions for the majority of Leeds refuse workers.

It has been devised to meet equal pay laws which require people doing work assessed as being of equal value to be paid at the same level.

The striking staff have been offered pay protection for three years which still has 18 months to run.

It is claimed that the new structure could mean pay-cuts of up to £6,000 for some staff.

That is hillarious. There were two policemen inside the house at the time and they didnt notice. It begs the question, "How big was the house???"

Anyway, they should have been charged or released by now. I'll keep an eye on it.