AN ACTIVIST who staged an eco-protest at Blackburn Magistrates Court today had to be removed by security staff.

Susan Reid attempted to glue her hand to a bench in court one and started using her mobile phone to film the proceedings.

The 62-year-old was warned that it was illegal to film within the precincts of the court but refused to put her phone away.

Deputy District Judge Roger Lowe warned she could be held in contempt of court and ordered security to be called to take her phone and remove her from court.

Outside Reid, of Jeffrey Avenue, Longridge, said she was a member of Burning Pink which she described as the newest “anti-political party.”

She said they were committed to bringing down the elitist government which she said had their own private interests at heart.

On the contempt of court threat she said she welcomed it.

“I have nothing but contempt for the courts and the government,” she said.

“When the government allowed a third runway at Heathrow they stuck two fingers up at our children. They are doing nothing to tackle global warming.”

Last month protesters Burning Pink activists Ramon Salgado-Touzon and Nicola Stickells were arrested for spraying pink paint on the façade of the Department for Transport in London, using modified fire extinguishers.

Before he was arrested Ramon said: "This government is treasonous and it is killing us. If you are not actively opposing it, you’re complicit in mass murder."

A spokesperson said the non-violent direct action was in solidarity with the HS2 protesters who were still in tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens risking their lives to oppose the costly HS2 rail project.

The group is also fundraising to field a candidate, Valerie Brown, in the upcoming London mayoral election.

Reid pleaded not guilty to criminal damage to a wall and windows belonging to Ribble Valley Borough Council on February 15.

She was remanded in bail until June 10 when she will appear at Preston magistrates to stand trial.