AR Activist jailed for 6 and 1/2 years
David | 21.03.2005 11:58 | Animal Liberation
In a sign of how desperate the government are to stop the animal rights movement from closing Huntingdon Life Sciences, and from upsetting Anthony Bliars other pharmaceutical friends, Sarah Gisbourne has been given 6 and a half years in prison for damaging cars.
The Scotsmen
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4180722
Animal Rights Activist Jailed for Criminal Damage Plot
By PA Reporter
An activist who targeted controversial animal research company Huntingdon Life Sciences was jailed for six and a half years today, police said.
Sarah Gisbourne, 39, was also given a two year Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) to start on her release from prison, the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) said.
Gisbourne, whose last address was in Hampshire, was arrested in the county in November and later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause criminal damage, a NETCU spokesman said.
The offences took place last July and caused more than £39,000 damage to property, he added.
They involved attacks on vehicles linked in some cases, though not all, with Huntingdon Life Sciences, he said. Cars were attacked with paint stripper and tyres were slashed.
Assistant Chief Constable Anton Setchell, the National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism (NCDE), said after the hearing at Peterborough Crown Court: “The police service welcomes this significant sentence that sends a clear message to other potential extremists that they will be caught and convicted.
“The sentence will also provide reassurance to victims of animal rights extremism.
“The crimes committed by Sarah Gisbourne caused great distress to the victims and this result shows that offences of this type will not be tolerated.
“This conviction has resulted from co-ordinated police work between Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Surrey Police and Hampshire Constabulary. It was a detailed and protracted investigation, using numerous detectives, forensic experts and search teams.
“Similar joint operations of this type, with regional and national collaboration between police forces, are ongoing.”
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For information on supporting Sarah, see http://www.vpsg.org
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4180722 Animal Rights Activist Jailed for Criminal Damage Plot
By PA Reporter
An activist who targeted controversial animal research company Huntingdon Life Sciences was jailed for six and a half years today, police said.
Sarah Gisbourne, 39, was also given a two year Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) to start on her release from prison, the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (NETCU) said.
Gisbourne, whose last address was in Hampshire, was arrested in the county in November and later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause criminal damage, a NETCU spokesman said.
The offences took place last July and caused more than £39,000 damage to property, he added.
They involved attacks on vehicles linked in some cases, though not all, with Huntingdon Life Sciences, he said. Cars were attacked with paint stripper and tyres were slashed.
Assistant Chief Constable Anton Setchell, the National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism (NCDE), said after the hearing at Peterborough Crown Court: “The police service welcomes this significant sentence that sends a clear message to other potential extremists that they will be caught and convicted.
“The sentence will also provide reassurance to victims of animal rights extremism.
“The crimes committed by Sarah Gisbourne caused great distress to the victims and this result shows that offences of this type will not be tolerated.
“This conviction has resulted from co-ordinated police work between Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Surrey Police and Hampshire Constabulary. It was a detailed and protracted investigation, using numerous detectives, forensic experts and search teams.
“Similar joint operations of this type, with regional and national collaboration between police forces, are ongoing.”
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For information on supporting Sarah, see
http://www.vpsg.org
David
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