Independence campaigner appears in court after threatening judge over '˜indy campers'


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Stephen Crielly,53, allegedly threatened Lord Turnbull who ruled against his group’s attempts to have a permanent camp stationed outside the Scottish Parliament.
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Lord Turnbull sat at the Court of Session earlier this year and ruled in favour of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
The organisation was given the go ahead to remove a group of independence campaigners from outside the Scottish Parliament.
Mr Crielly, of Uddingston, Lanarkshire, was a member of a group of campaigners called the JAH group.
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However, prosecutors claim that Mr Crielly threatened Lord Turnbull.
His group submitted an affadavit which was submitted during the case.
The legal document was signed “Christ King of Scotland”. It claimed that the son of God had given permission for the campers to use his land.
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Hide AdThe statement also included claims that the judges were “frauds and have no authority to judge anyone” and are “guilty of capital crimes and under the law should all be executed.”
Mr Crielly was detained a few yards from St Giles Cathedral last Wednesday night. He had earlier been sitting in the public benches of the Court of Session following an appeal hearing against Lord Turnbull’s decision.
He appeared in private at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday and made no plea or declaration to a charge of making criminal threats.