Welcome to the Kalamata 14 News Site

Thank you for taking the time to visit our web site which will
be used to bring news and details surrounding our case to
the attention of the public at large.

Please bookmark this page and visit often as it is our intention
to update this site regularly as the date of our appeal hearing
in Kalamata approaches.

We hope you find the site useful and welcome any comments
either privately via e-mail or you may add your comments to a
public 'guest book' hosted for us by clicking here. Thank you.

The Kalamata 14 ~ Spotters NOT Spies


Latest News Updates

Accused Planespotters to Attend
Duxford Air Show Before Trial


Please click on the poster for more details of Duxford's Autumn Air Show

 

Members of the “Kalamata 14” group of British plane spotters accused of spying
will be special guests at the Autumn Air Show at the Imperial War Museum
Duxford on Sunday 13 October.

Paul Coppin, leader of the 14 plane spotters who were arrested in Greece at the end of last year on spying charges, was "tickled pink" to have been invited to the show......

Please click here to view the rest of this press release

 

 

 

 

 

The Planespotters Legal Fund

If you feel that you would like to make a contribution to help us fight our convictions, you may do so by making a donation to the 'Planespotters Legal Fund'.

Full details of this properly administered account, and
how you can help us fight our convictions, may be found
on a new web page just by clicking on the text below

The Planespotters Legal Fund

We are extremely grateful for all monies received and
wish to thank all of you who have contributed so far
and those who may do so in the future.

 

 

 

 
  Site Contents

So what's this all about then?

A personal account of the circumstances surrounding our arrest,
imprisonment and release after six weeks behind bars in Greece.

Please click on either aircraft image, left or right

Images from Kalamata - From Prison to Release

A gallery of 20 photographs from November 2001: from our initial imprisonment to release and return home after 37 days

Please click either thumbnail image, left or right

Images from Kalamata - Trial Week

A gallery of 48 photographs covering the week of our
original trial hearing in April 2002

Please click either thumbnail image, left or right

Fair Trials Abroad Statement Regarding Our Trial

A statement made by Stephen Jakobi, director of Fair Trials Abroad,
who was present in court throughout our trial in April 2002 as our
sole UK-based legal representative.

Please click the FTA logo on the left

Spotters Not Spies

Not strictly content, this is another site detailing our case which
was started by a good friend of Patrick Dirksen, one of the two
Dutch guys from the Kalamata 14. The site is in both English and
Dutch. Please click the thumbnails to pay a visit.

 

What the Papers Say

"We found no photographs taken inside a base, or of active
combat aircraft," Samaras said during five hours of testimony...

Please click either Athens News logo for this story

What the Papers Say

Such a decision might be expected from the Taliban, or a paranoid
state such as North Korea. Not from a democratic country that calls itself a member of the European Union...

Please click either Athens News logo for this story