Court return for fine protest MSP

Rosie Kane was arrested during the Faslane protest

Scottish Socialist MSP Rosie Kane has been ordered to return to court over the non-payment of a fine.

The £150 penalty was imposed following an anti-nuclear protest at the Faslane submarine base on the Clyde last year.

Ms Kane appeared at Helensburgh District Court on Thursday and was ordered to return to court on 12 September.

The MSP had handed herself in after a warrant was issued for her arrest and admitted she expected to be jailed.

Strathclyde Police confirmed Ms Kane had been taken into custody at Helen Street police station in Govan, Glasgow, on Wednesday.

'Principled stand'

Speaking outside the court, Ms Kane said: "By taking the action I did at Faslane, I was upholding the peace, not breaching it.

"I took a principled stand against nuclear weapons before I became an MSP and will continue to take a principled stand as an elected member of the Scottish Parliament.

"I have no intention of giving either my money or my labour as I do not believe I have committed a crime when the nuclear weapons I am protesting about are illegal in the first place."