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Walter Bond sentenced to 5 years for burning Denver-area sheepskin store

Walter fan | 12.02.2011 08:22 | SHAC | Animal Liberation

A US animal rights activist who was convicted of setting fire to a Denver-area store that sells sheepskin products has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution.

Walter Edmund Bond was defiant during Friday's sentencing hearing in Denver. He told Judge Christine Arguello that he wouldn't pay one dollar in restitution and defended his actions. Arguello warned him that if he didn't pay for the damage to the Sheepskin Factory, he would face even more time behind bars.

The 34-year-old Bond pleaded guilty in November to setting the fire. Bond also faces federal charges for fires in Utah.

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