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Villagers ask: 'mast you put it here 3G?'
Deeping Gate residents will renew their battle against a 25-metre phone mast at a High Court hearing next week.
Deeping Gate residents will renew their battle against a 25-metre phone mast at a High Court hearing next week.Mobile phone company 3G wants to erect the mast 800 metres from the front door of Deeping Gate resident Pam Harris, even though she is allergic to the electro-magnetic emissions given off by masts.
Pam Harris' condition is so severe she has to be hooked up to a machine for 17 hours every other day so essential nutrients can be pumped into her body.
Mrs Harris fears interference from the mast would cause the machine to malfunction – with devastating consequences for her health.
When mobile company 3G submitted plans to Peterborough City Council for a phone mast in Mumby's Yard, Sutton's Lane, in May 2005, residents formed the Deeping Mast Action Group.
The council threw out the application, but the decision was overturned by a Government inspector. A subsequent High Court bid to over-rule the inspector's decision was unsuccessful, but on December 14 campaigners will return to the High Court to ask the judge to re-consider the verdict.
If successful, the judge and a second independent judge will agree to sanction an appeal.
If the aural hearing fails, protestors have vowed to take their fight to the European Court of Human Rights.
Simon Hoppe, a member of Deeping Mast Action Group, said: "We are prepared to keep on fighting beyond the High Court because we feel our case has not been considered properly in our own country, which is hugely disappointing."
Mr Hoppe said the central argument against the phone mast was the potential affect on Mrs Harris' health.
He said: "Our barrister will say her health was not taken into consideration by the inspector.
"Allowing the mast would be a clear breach of her human rights to carry on living where she does and we're prepared to fight it all the way."
Last week, Mrs Harris and Deeping Gate neighbours attended a public meeting where they pledged to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.
Residents from 45 households have so far raised a 22,000 fighting fund to help keep the campaign rolling.
The High Court hearing will be held in London on December 14.
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