Anti-terror arrest gran lashes out at ‘bad laws’

A 68-YEAR-OLD grandmother arrested under the latest anti-terror legislation yesterday said the British government was turning lawful people into terrorists.

Helen John, 68, of Otley, West Yorkshire, was arrested on Saturday by officers acting under the new Serious Organised Crime and Police Act while protesting outside the United States military base, RAF Menwith Hill, in North Yorkshire.

Ms John, who has five grandchildren, said: “I’m not a terrorist, I’m an ex-midwife.”