Jolly-aka M Hodge-is one of our top activists and has been involved in some pretty daring stunts to highlight the crisis in family law.
The thing about Jolly is that he will never give up until this law is changed.
We've seen him with his daughter and the father daughter love and bond is obviously there. She needs him in her life, but the system is stopping that.
Damm the system.
Fathers' rights protesters staged a demo outside a Torquay courthouse yesterday.
Placards were placed outside the court supporting the Fathers-4-Justice campaign for equal rights for both parents in custody cases, and calling for scrapping of the Child Support Agency.
They were at Torbay Magistrates Court for the hearing of a case of a member, Jolly Stanesby who had his driving licence suspended by magistrates yesterday for refusing to pay child maintenance.
The defendant appeared for non-payment of three liability orders totalling £522.82 dating back to 2003.
Magistrates yesterday met the Flintstones when a pair of look-a-like Freds sat in a courtroom dock decked in trademark orange and black spotted sabre-toothed tiger garb.
The Two Freds - one of whom was allowed to carry his club - were the first people in the country to be tried for scaling Britain's favourite piece of rock, Stonehenge.
Father-of-one Jonathan 'Jolly' Stanesby, 42, of Ivybridge, Devon and dad-of-two Richard West, 40, of Ottery St Mary, Devon, both pleaded not guilty.
The F4J activists, campaigning for changes in the law to give fathers from split relationships better access to their children, claimed they were innocent because they did not know it was illegal to climb Stonehenge.
In a bizarre twist, Stanesby insisted on being addressed throughout the proceedings as "Mrs Hodge" having changed his name by deed-poll to Margaret Hodge, the former Children's MinisterLast week he was cleared of false imprisonment after handcuffing himself to Mrs Hodge for 20 minutes in 2004. Ironically, Mrs Hodge is now Culture Minister whose remit includes Stonehenge.
The two defendants and another F4J activist David White had a yabba-dabba-doo time when they spent more than seven hours on top of Stonehenge on February 22.The court heard that just after 9am the trio, armed with a ladder, negotiated a perimeter fence before dashing to the monument and scampering up the stones.Security guard Christopher Gibbs said he gave chase.
"I got to the stones as the last one was climbing up."As security guards gathered in frustration below, the men revealed their Fred Flintstone costumes and unfurled a 30ft banner bearing the slogan 'Drag family law out of the Stone Age'.
Prosecutor Philomena Creffield said: "This is a monument of world renown which is protected against people climbing on it to ensure that it is not damaged and is preserved for future generations."
Referred to in court as Fred One, Stanesby, a child carer, told the bench: "Stonehenge has been climbed on for hundreds and thousands of years."
A veteran of many F4J stunts involving the Tamar Bridge, York Minster, Severn Bridge, Blackwall Tunnel, the High Courts, Trooping the Colour and the National Lottery, he added: "I was not aware of signs there saying we weren't allowed to climb it."
Fred Two, Richard West, said he had seen numerous photos of people standing on top of Stonehenge, and was unaware climbing it was illegal.He said the pair had gone to great lengths to ensure the monument was not damaged, including wearing soft shoes and greasing the ladder.
They were each fined £100 and ordered to pay £100 costs while West was told by chairman of the bench, Richard Arundell, that he could reclaim the banner confiscated by police.The sentencing is unlikely to enamour F4J with members of the pagan community.
Tensions between pagans and leaders of F4J have sparked an angry row over the desecration of two iconic monuments.The radical campaign group says it has received death threats from people claiming to be pagan after slogans supporting its cause were daubed on Glastonbury Tor and parts of the Cerne Abbas giant painted purple earlier in the summer.
Yesterday, Fathers4Justice said it had carried out a full investigation into the incidents, revealing it believed someone had committed the acts with an ulterior motive, as part of a smear campaign aimed at tarnishing its reputation.
Morgan Rhys-Adams, Pagan Federation member and Glastonbury resident, said: "We cannot condone violence in any way and the Pagan Federation would want to completely disassociate itself with any kind of death threats. It is not our way."
At a previous hearing the Third Fred, David White, 29, of Southampton, was told to pay £320 after admitting the offence.
Mr Hatch and Mr Stanseby were cleared of false imprisonment A fathers' rights campaigner who handcuffed himself to former children's minister Margaret Hodge has been cleared of false imprisonment. Mrs Hodge was ambushed at a Law Society conference at the Lowry Hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2004.
The MP was handcuffed for 20 minutes Manchester Crown Court heard.
Jonathan Stanesby, 41, from Ivybridge, Devon, was cleared along with Jason Hatch, 35, from Cheltenham, who tried but failed to reach the MP.
Mrs Hodge, who is now culture minister, had to be freed with bolt cutters.
The minister was at the Lowry Hotel on 19 November for a conference called "Battle of the Sexes".
Margaret Hodge MP was at a Law Society conference
She was handcuffed by Mr Stanesby as she took part in a question-and-answer session afterwards.
He cuffed her wrist to his, saying: "Margaret Hodge, I'm arresting you for covering up child abuse."
This was a reference to Mrs Hodge's time as a councillor in Islington, north London.
Mr Hatch also attempted to handcuff the Cabinet minister and MP for Barking but was blocked from reaching her by Mrs Hodge's assistant private secretary.
At the trial Mrs Hodge described how she was "distressed" by the activists' actions.
'Upset and disturbed'
"I did have a pain on my wrist for about six months afterwards," she said.
"I was upset and I was very disturbed by that incident."
But Kyri Argyropoulos, for Mr Stanesby, suggested that the minister was not prepared to meet members of Fathers 4 Justice because of their past behaviour.
He suggested she was "far from accessible" - a charge Mrs Hodge denied.
Jonathan Stanesby at a previous fathers' rights protest
Alan Wolstenholme, prosecuting, said the men "went much further than they were entitled to do".
The verdicts were met with cheers and applause from Fathers 4 Justice supporters in the public gallery.
The court heard how both men had previously been involved in high-profile protests for the group.
Mr Hatch, who gained notoriety after scaling the walls of Buckingham Palace dressed as Batman, thanked the jury after the not guilty verdict was read out.
He said he was "ecstatic" at the verdict.
"The jury are sending a clear message that the family law courts must be overhauled immediately.
"The breakdown in our society can quite clearly be traced to the breakdown of families. The only way this can be rectified is by stopping the secrecy of family courts.
"I carried out a citizen's arrest on Margaret Hodge and it looks like the jury thought I was justified to do so."
Two fathers' rights protesters - one from Ivybridge - handcuffed former children's minister Margaret Hodge during a family law conference, a court heard today.
Jason Hatch, 35, and Jonathan 'Jolly' Stanesby, 41, walked up to the MP during a question-and-answer session in Salford, Greater Manchester and grabbed her by the arms, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
Stanesby, of Ivybridge, told the minister she was being "arrested" for child abuse before cuffing her left wrist to his, the court heard.
Mrs Hodge, who is MP for Barking, was trapped in the fixed handcuffs for 15 minutes and eventually had to be released using bolt cutters.
Opening the case for the prosecution, Alan Wolstenholme said Hatch had intended to handcuff himself to Mrs Hodge's other arm but she struggled free with the help of her assistant private secretary. Hatch, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was grabbed by a security guard but managed to get free and leave the conference at the Lowry Hotel, dropping his handcuffs on the way, the court heard.
Mr Wolstenholme said the pair were both members of Fathers4Justice at the time of the incident on November 19, 2004, and had aimed to gain publicity for their cause.
Mr Wolstenholme said Mrs Hodge, who, at the time, was minister for children, young people and families, arrived at the hotel at around 10am.
She spoke at the conference, which was entitled Battle Of The Sexes, and took part in a Q and A session afterwards. Around 10 minutes into the session, she noticed two men approaching her from the left of the platform.
Mr Wolstenholme said: "The two men were carrying books and stood out to the extent that they wore ill-fitting suits and seemed to be the only people standing up at the time.
"As they got to within five feet or so of Margaret Hodge they rushed towards her. One of the two men took hold of her right arm and the other took her left arm."
Ivybridge Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jolly Stanesby could go to trial in November for climbing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, USA.The flamboyant South Devon F4J protester - who dressed as Batman and scaled the historic monument on Friday - was due to appear in a Washington court on September 19.
But he is also set to appear in a London court on the same date for allegedly handcuffing himself to former children's minister Margaret Hodge - so he has asked his lawyers to get him a new date in the USA in mid-November. Mr Stanesby flew back to Britain yesterday after spending "some time with murderers" in Washington cells.
The high-profile F4J activist was arrested at gunpoint by a SWAT team along with another protester.
The protest was organised and performed by UK F4J activists Mr Stanesby, who dressed as Batman, and Mike Downes, as Captain America.
It was supported by US colleagues on the ground - with a 'support crew' of four people also held by police after the memorial was evacuated by the authorities. Mr Stanesby was charged with holding an unofficial protest and climbing a monument.
He also faces trial for the alleged Margaret Hodge incident.
Mr Stanesby was in the USA taking the F4J campaign to the Americans. The 41-year-old accompanied fellow-Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Matt O'Connor, the group's founder, to the States to speak at a major male rights conference - before trying to "strengthen ties" with American campaigners.
Mr Stanesby said: "Hopefully we can put back the American trial so I can go to the one involving Margaret Hodge.
"It was a brilliant trip - the Americans seem very enthusiastic on the campaign. The arrest was a big success too. They were going to use pepper gas.
"We were treated pretty heavily in the prison, with our feet chained up, but it highlighted our campaign."
Press Release - 18th August 2007 F4J Activists Arrested at Gunpoint After Washington Protest Dramatic Pictures
Pictures and video footage can be downloaded at http://www.trueequality.com/Lincoln/
Two Fathers 4 Justice activists were yesterday arrested at gunpoint by a SWAT team at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. A support crew of four were also held as the memorial was evacuated by the authorities.
The protest which was organised and performed by Fathers 4 Justice activists from the United Kingdom, included protest veterans Jolly Stanesby and Mike Downes. The protest was supported by US colleagues on the ground.
The activists are being help in US custody in Washington though the intentions of the authorities are unclear at the present time. The UK activists could be deported or placed on trial.
Said F4J Founder Matt O¹Connor this morning, "Yet again Fathers 4 Justice in the UK has led the way with an audacious protest to raise the global profile of fatherlessness and the social catastrophe it is causing in first world countries. Given the problem is not one that is unique to any one country or culture, a first world problem requires a first world, international response. This is our response to the inaction of the US authorities. There will be many, many more to follow."
"None of this however, would have been possible without the outstanding support of our colleagues in the US. Now we have lit the flame, we can begin the struggle to make equal parenting a reality in the United States, and combat the insidious gender apartheid that separates children from their fathers in the family courts."
The breaking Fathers 4 Justice campaign in the US has a new web site and brand identity at www.f4jusa.com
Westcountry fathers' rights campaigner Jolly Stanesby has promised to use "the element of surprise" in future protests after nine people were arrested at the Trooping of the Colour ceremony in London on Saturday.
The arrests were made after a newspaper report that the group planned to mount a "spectacular event", but a Fathers 4 Justice spokesman said the Buckingham Palace incident was not the event talked about.
Mr Stanesby, who was one of those arrested, said that Buckingham Palace was "not an ideal venue for a protest".
The Metropolitan Police said that the arrests were made to prevent a breach of the peace as part of a large proactive policing operation.
Nine activists were arrested before they could scale barriers and handcuff themselves to the Queen's carriage.
The seven men and two women were later released without charge.
Fathers 4 Justice said that the arrests, just minutes before the Queen left Buckingham Palace for the Trooping of the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade, did not affect its plans for a resumption of direct action.
It follows a demonstration at last year's event where a protester got within 20 feet of the carriage.
The controversial pressure group said that it had warned last week of a resumption of activities but that this was not the "spectacular" mentioned in last week's Independent on Sunday newspaper.
Mr Stanesby, from Ivybridge, South Devon, said: "We hadn't considered the Trooping of the Colour until Scotland Yard asked us if we'd be present.
"It sounded like an invitation and an opportunity to try out a few ideas.
"It's not an ideal venue for a protest, as it's a full 'belt and braces' job for them - we'd much rather catch them with the element of surprise, which has always been our trademark."
Devon Fathers 4 Justice campaigners Richard West, 40, from Ottery St Mary, and Jolly Stanesby, 36, from Ivybridge, are to face trial for allegedly climbing on Stonehenge wearing Fred Flintstone outfits.
They and a third man, Dave White, 29, from Southampton, all denied climbing on an ancient monument when they appeared before Salisbury magistrates.
They were summoned to return to the court for a pre-trial review on June 8.
Ivybridge fathers' rights campaigner Jolly Stanesby has protested on the rocks of Stonehenge dressed as Fred Flintstone.The 41-year-old and two colleagues, also dressed as the cartoon character, from the Fathers 4 Justice group climbed on to the ancient monument in Wiltshire at about 9am with supplies to last three days.
They said they were demonstrating against comments about absent fathers made by Tory leader David Cameron.Matt O'Connor, founder of the group, said the protest was in response to Mr Cameron's 'failure to get to grips with the issue of absent fathers in Britain.'Mr Cameron said yesterday that attitudes to gun-carrying and absentee fathers had to be altered in the same way attitudes to drink-driving had changed.
Mr O'Connor said: "Mr Cameron says fathers are abandoning their children and this can lead to children getting involved with crime. We at Fathers 4 Justice feel very strongly that this is not always the case.
Mr Stanesby has only just been told he will not be prosecuted for a rooftop protest dressed as Father Christmas at a judge's house near Exeter in November.But he is also accused of chaining himself to former children's minister Margaret Hodge. Mrs Hodge was stuck in the cuffs for about 40 minutes outside the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, where she was attending a conference on November 19, 2004.
Stanesby denies false imprisonment and faces trial in May.
Three Fred Flintstone campaigners from Fathers 4 Justice scaled Stonehenge at 9.15am this morning in anger at David Cameron's comments about absent fathers this morning.
Jolly Stanesby, 36, from Ivybridge Devon, Dave White, 29 from Southampton and Richard West, 40, from Ottery St Mary, Devon are all wearing Fred Flintstone outfits in a symbolic protest at what they say is Caveman Cameron's naive and prejudiced beliefs about fathers when 300,000 dads have lost contact with their kids in the family courts since 1997. Cameron had said fathers are abandoning their children.
The protestors evaded tight security and prevented English Heritage officers forcibly removing them from the stones with a ladder. Said F4J Founder Matt OConnor, We need an urgent, intellectual debate about fatherlessness, not meandering Neanderthal comments from dinosaur Dave. Stonehenge is symbolic because it formed the foundation of our society, foundations being eroded by all the main political parties.
Family Law is literally killing kids stone dead. Family breakdown is rife and last weeks Unicef report put Britain bottom out of 21 countries as being the worst place in the first world to grow up. We want to consign the secret family courts to history and by putting the world's most famous stone age man on top of the world¹s most famous stones, we aim to show our commitment to our nations children.
No charges are to be brought against a Fathers 4 Justice campaigner who staged a protest on the roof of a Devon judge's house, sparking a massive police operation costing many thousands of pounds.Police have also revealed that no action will be taken against the judge after claims that he pointed a loaded shotgun at Jolly Stanesby as he perched on his roof.
Around 80 police officers were deployed when the two-day protest began in November, but police have declined to put a figure on the cost of the operation.Mr Stanesby, 37, a registered childminder from Ivybridge, was arrested after spending two days dressed as Father Christmas on the roof of Judge David Tyzack's Glebe Lodge home.
At 6.30am on November 28, he roped himself to a chimney and set up a rooftop camp.Police cordoned off the area, monitored him round the clock for two days and tried to persuade him to come down.Judge Tyzack QC, who sits at Exeter and Plymouth County Courts on family cases, was targeted for the protest because his rulings on access to children had incensed Fathers 4 Justice supporters.
A statement made on behalf of Judge Tyzack at the time said he took the shotgun out because he thought there was a trapped or wounded bird on the roof.Decisions to take no further action in both cases were taken by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Despite not facing charges himself in relation to the incident, Mr Stanesby told the Echo yesterday: "I am not very happy about no action being taken against the judge."The judge just wants to keep it quiet and drop my charges as well."My intention for the protest was to get heard."He said he wanted fathers to be treated equally in matters of family law and he would not be giving up.
Mr Stanesby claimed to have received overwhelming support for the protest."It works and it is our only way to get our voices heard," he said.Fathers 4 Justice says that it will be challenging the decision not to charge Judge Tyzack and may pursue a civil case.
The group remains indignant that the Government refuses to hold any discussions with it.In a letter from Harriet Harman to Mark Oaten, MP of Fathers 4 Justice founder Matt O'Connor, she ruled out the prospect of any meeting.Mr O'Connor said: "At least we can say we tried.
I look on the letter as a formal invitation to us to resume our activities."When we are ready we'll give our response in the time-honoured tradition. I don't expect they'll have to wait too long."A Fathers' Day demo is planned by the group in London on June 15.
Magistrates have refused to grant an Asbo against a serial fathers' rights protestor. Police wanted the order made against 37-year- old Jolly Stanesby, from Ivybridge, South Devon, a Fathers 4 Justice veteran who has scaled Tamar Bridge dressed as Superman and handcuffed himself to a Government minister to draw attention to his cause. All his protests were against an alleged bias against fathers in family courts.
The anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) application was made specifically to ban Mr Stanesby from going near Judge David Tyzack's home or within ten metres of Exeter Cathedral, two locations where he has staged recent protests.
It was thrown out at Honiton Magistrates Court yesterday, following a day-long hearing. Police sought the order after Mr Stanesby climbed on to the roof of Judge Tyzack's home in East Devon in November. The court heard that Mr Stanesby believed the judge had unfairly denied him access to his daughter.
Mr Stanesby stayed on the roof for two nights. After he voluntarily came down, he was arrested under suspicion of "trespass and failure to leave land". He was released on police bail without charge until February 5, 2007.
He was also discovered by police, dressed as Father Christmas, near Exeter Cathedral on December 11. Officers believed he was about to scale the building, but he was not arrested. Marie Macfarlane, senior legal adviser for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, asked the court to impose the Asbo with immediate effect. She argued that Mr Stanesby was likely to cause alarm or distress to Judge Tyzack and his wife, and to people near the cathedral. She referred to Mr Stanesby's previous protests, which included handcuffing himself to children's minister Margaret Hodge, in November 2004.
Simon Cooper, defending, said the order was not necessary or proportional. He said his client had never been abusive to the judge and although his actions clearly caused distress, they did not warrant an "urgent" Asbo. He said the right to protest peacefully was a cherished British tradition. And he argued that an injunction would have an appropriate way of dealing with any perceived threat.
Magistrate David Jarrett said: "There is no evidence he is likely to commit acts before the next hearing. We do not feel an order would be justified or proportionate. Asbos should be treated with caution; they are not cure-alls and should not be lightly imposed."
Campaigners dressed as Santa Claus to stage a festive protest during an Exeter Cathedral carol concert.Eight members of the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice stood outside the landmark building during the Lord Mayor's carol service yesterday.
During the protest, they held placards saying "Put the father back into Christmas".They said the Church of England had failed to speak up about the problem of family breakdown.
Fathers 4 Justice member Jolly Stanesby, 39, who recently climbed onto the roof of a judge's house, attempted to scale the cathedral wall before police grabbed him.But none of the campaigners disrupted the service, which was attended by hundreds of people.
Richard Adams, Fathers 4 Justice co-ordinator for the South West, said: "It went really well and people were very supportive of our cause."A spokesman at the Bishop's office said: "Bishop Michael Langrish has a deep concern, care and passion for the wholeness of family life."
Campaign group Fathers 4 Justice are demanding to know what if any action Devon and Cornwall Police are taking against West Country Judge David Tyzack after he threatened to shoot an F4J protestor dressed as Father Christmas on his roof last Tuesday 28th November.
F4J Founder Matt OConnor said that Jolly Stanesby Œfeared for his life when Judge Tyzack aimed the weapon at him as he climbed the roof of the Judge¹s house at around 7.30am.
Stanesby has given a formal statement to Police (Crime Reference No KE/06/3812) but believes the matter might be swept under the carpet. Said Stanesby today, A judge is supposed to uphold the law, not break it, or for that matter aim loaded weapons at people. There are glaring inconsistencies in the public statements issued by the Judge, his wife and the Judicial Communications Office that support my case.
Even if the Police accepted at face value the statement that the Judge may have exited the property with the intent to dispatch an Œinjured bird, once it became clear it was a 6ft tall protestor in a bright red Father Christmas outfit, why was it necessary for the judge to load one chamber, cock and aim the gun it at me? I was scared witless.
Why did Mr Tyzack¹s wife describe him as brave if all he was doing was dealing with a small, injured bird? What sort of bird did Mr Tyzack think he was dispatching?
Said Matt O¹Connor, We need the Police to communicate whether the Judge has been interviewed about this offence and whether charges are going to be brought. Nobody should be above the law especially those that enforce it.
We expect to be dealt with firmly by the authorities when we protest and accept the consequences of our actions. Getting shot isnt one of them.
EDITORS NOTES:
*Under Section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or injure property is an indictable offence that carries a maximum life sentence.
*Under Section 16a of the Firearms Act 1968, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence is an indictable offence that carries a maximum tariff of 10 years.
*Fathers 4 Justice launched it¹s new web site this week at www.fathers-4-justice.org
A West Country Judge may face arrest after threatening to shoot a Fathers 4 Justice protestor dressed as Father Christmas, who scaled the roof of his home on Tuesday morning.
Fathers 4 Justice say that the protestor, Jolly Stanesby, 35, from Ivybridge, Devon will descend from the roof at approximately 3.30pm today once press and supporters are allowed up to the property by Police.
A spokesperson for the group said that Stanesby Œfeared for his life¹ when Judge Tyzack aimed the weapon at Stanesby when he was on the roof. Stanesby will press charges and his legal team will press for the arrest and questioning of the Judge on the following grounds:
*Under Section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968, that possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or injure property is an indictable offence that carries a maximum life sentence.
*Under Section 16a of the Firearms Act 1968, that possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence is an indictable offence that carries a maximum tariff of 10 years.
Stanesby will also question whether the Judge has a current licence for the weapon and whether that licence should be revoked.
The spokesman said, ³That there are glaring inconsistencies in the public statements issued by the Judge, his wife and the Judicial Communications Office.
Even if the Police accepted at face value the statement that the Judge may exited the property with the intent to dispatch a injured bird, once it became clear it was Mr Stanesby who is 6ft tall and dressed in a bright red Father Christmas outfit, why was it necessary for the judge to load one chamber, cock and aim the gun it at him causing him to be in fear of his life.
Why did Mr Tyzack¹s wife describe him as brave if all he was doing was dealing with a small, injured bird? What sort of bird did Mr Tyzack think he as dispatching?²
A seasoned Fathers 4 Justice campaigner has pledged to stay on the roof of a judge's house near Exeter for weeks after setting up camp dressed as Santa Claus.But last night Jolly Stanesby, a veteran of high profile protests, was bracing himself for an attempt by police to remove him.
He had roped himself to a chimney on Judge David Tyzack's Glebe Lodge home in Farringdon at 6.30am yesterday.
Last night he had set up a tent on the roof, was eating food he had taken with him and was listening to a radio. It was not known whether Judge Tyzack had returned.
As first revealed on the Echo's website www.thisis exeter.co.uk, the campaigner climbed on to the roof in protest at court rulings about contact he can have with his child.
Mr Stanesby claims he has a sleeping bag, wet weather gear and enough food to allow him to stay for several days.
Beyond that he wants supporters to keep supplies topped up so he can maintain his protest for weeks, but it is not yet clear whether police will allow that to happen.
Officers, who have cordoned off the area, spent yesterday trying to persuade Mr Stanesby to come down.
He used a ladder to reach Judge Tyzack's roof where he unfurled a banner that read 'Put the Father back into Xmas'.
Judge Tyzack QC has incensed Fathers 4 Justice supporters with rulings about access to children.
Mr Stanesby, 37, a registered child minder from Ivybridge, is unhappy at the amount of contact time courts have granted him.
Speaking to the Echo from the roof, Mr Stanesby said: "I want to have a share in my daughter's life and there's no reason why I shouldn't.Judge Tyzack has got a bad reputation for not giving fathers good contact time with their children. He and other judges cannot carry on like this. Judge Tyzack came out and I told him why I was here."
The judge, who sits at Exeter and Plymouth County Courts on family cases, phoned police after discovering Mr Stanesby on his roof.
Thinking the noise on his roof was a rogue or injured bird, he had initially emerged with a shotgun. Police closed roads around Farringdon to prevent other protesters joining him.
Fathers 4 Justice supporters near the scene said more high-profile stunts were planned to seek changes to the 1989 Children Act and enable fathers to have joint custody of their children.
Meanwhile, around a dozen Fathers 4 Justice protesters were dispersed by police outside Exeter Crown Court.
They warned of further protests at the homes of the former President of the Family Division, Dame Elizabeth Butler Sloss, at Marsh Green,near Exeter, and Mrs Justice Bracewell at Somerton, Somerset.
A 40-year-old man from Ottery St Mary was arrested near Farringdon for wilful obstruction of the highway
Voted as one of the worst judges, Judge David Tyzack, has yet again made a name for himself by giving my 8 year old daughter R, no more than 10 minutes on the phone to me, once a week, between 5.30 and 7pm wednesday, any more time was considered being disruptive.(along with her alternate wkends.)
This after five years of wasted, unnessesary,and constant court battles.
Judge Tyzack likes me so much he refuses to leave my case.
He was more interested in the clothes I was wearing, than the welfare of my little girl.
It would be more suitable if he was cleaning the cafcass toilets, than deciding what is best for children.
Margaret Hodge was in the dock today facing trial for the false imprisonment of Margaret Hodge former Child Minister.No you didn't read that wrong.
Fathers 4 Justice Campaigner Jolly Stanesby, notorious activist and famous for his part as superhero sidekick Robin on the Royal Courts of Justice, was due to face trial today at Salford Magistrates Court in Manchester for the false imprisonment of Margaret Hodge who was handcuffed by parenting rights campaigners whilst attending a conference in November 2004
Prior to the hearing Jolly had had his name changed by deed poll to Margaret Hodge.The judge presiding was not too happy at the site of the campaigner from South West England, who was wearing a T-Shirt stating "FCUK The Family Courts". He was even less amused when he asked the protesting father his name and he replied "Margaret Hodge".Mr Hodge pleaded not guilty to CPS false imprisonment charge, which is two years in the making and the trial has been adjourned until 5th February 2007.
On the 15th November fellow activist and campaigner Jason Hatch, made famous for his Buckingham Palace Batman stunt, faces the same charges in connection with the same incident.
A fathers' rights campaigner has admitted he was "lucky" to escape with only a fine after trying to disrupt the Queen's birthday celebrations. Jolly Stanesby was one of two Fathers 4 Justice activists arrested on Saturday after trying to halt the Queen'scarriage as it made its way down The Mall.
Dressed only in Union Jack boxer shorts, Mr Stanesby, of Ivybridge, Devon, and fellow campaigner Tony Ashby from Leicester got over safety barriers lining the route as the Royal procession made its way from Buckingham Palace to see the Trooping the Colour Parade.
The protesters, arrested at around 12.30pm, were taken to a central London police station and charged with public disorder offences.Speaking yesterday, Mr Stanesby, 39, said he received an £80 fixed penalty fine for his actions, done to coincide with Father's Day.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed two men had been arrested following the incident. However, he said: "They did not get anywhere near the Queen."
The BBC's National Lottery show was briefly delayed on Saturday evening after protesters invaded the studio and chanted slogans.
Presenter Eamonn Holmes was led from the stage as Fathers 4 Justice members made their way on to the set.
The National Lottery: Jet Set was delayed for several minutes before the draw for the £17m jackpot was resumed.
Campaign group Fathers 4 Justice said the evening marked the "dramatic return" of the protest group.
The group appeared to have disbanded in January after some of its members were accused of allegedly plotting to kidnap Prime Minister Tony Blair's youngest son, Leo.
You've a lot of very shaken, disturbed people, both watching at home and in the studio Eamonn Holmes
Guy Harrison, a spokesman for the paternal rights group, said it was the group's duty to warn parents about family law.
Mr Harrison added: "The lottery is a metaphor for what can happen to any parent, mother or father, and their children, at the hands of the secret family courts." Afterwards presenter Holmes said it had been a "scary moment".
Alan Dedicoat, the so-called voice of the National Lottery balls, told the BBC: "We just had a kerfuffle. What appeared to be fireworks or something going off in the studio.
"The cameras moved to one side. Eamonn was pushed to one side at one stage I think." He added: "And the next minute we had to put a caption up and I was left talking to millions and millions of viewers trying to explain what was going on without necessarily being able to see all of it myself."
Later, Holmes said the protesters had been "well-orchestrated".
He said: "About six protesters ran out of the audience, very well positioned, very well orchestrated, they knew exactly the positions to be in and they tried to, well, I think, destroy the lottery machines.
"Fathers 4 Justice was the campaign and, you know, I think for the audience a very scary moment, whatever empathy or sympathy many people may have with Fathers 4 Justice, again, you've a lot of very shaken, disturbed people, both watching at home and in the studio."
Jolly Stanesby, right, a member of protest group Fathers 4 Justice (F4J), said a move to open up family courts to the Press would make them more 'accountable'.
Mr Stanesby, one of six campaigners who stormed the set of the televised National Lottery draw in May, said F4J protests had persuaded the Government to propose the change.
But he warned F4J would be planning more high-profile protests until members of the public were allowed to sit in on court proceedings.
Mr Stanesby said: "It's a great start and it's obvious that some of our hard work is paying off. The system is corrupt, but this should make the courts a little more accountable.
"The campaign will continue, but this is definitely a step in the right direction. None of this would have happened had we not been doing what we've been doing."
About 400,000 cases are heard in family courts every year, but currently almost all take place in private to protect those involved.
Mr Stanesby added that F4J was planning a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience, to be called 'I-Witness', to further its cause.
He said: "We are having a meeting next week to move things on.
"What we're thinking of doing is sitting in courts and waiting for them to throw us out."
Dressed only in Union Jack boxer shorts, Mr Stanesby, of Ivybridge, Devon, and fellow campaigner Tony Ashby from Leicester got over safety barriers lining the route as the Royal procession made its way from Buckingham Palace to see the Trooping the Colour Parade. 
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed two men had been arrested following the incident. However, he said: "They did not get anywhere near the Queen."