A protester was suspended 20 metres in the air, attached to logging machinery, when forestry worker Patrick John Mellor cut one of the ropes. She could be heard screaming, while Mellor walked away sipping his drink. A protester was suspended 20 metres in the air, attached to logging machinery, when forestry worker Patrick John Mellor cut one of the ropes. She could be heard screaming, while Mellor walked away sipping his drink. Courts, Forestry, Logging and Timber Industry, Environment Latest business news