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AR Prisoner Mel Broughton released!

Glad Tidings | 01.02.2013 13:21 | Animal Liberation

01.02.13 Mel Broughton has been released today after serving 5 years, 1 month and 15 days of his 10-year sentence for animal rights related offences against Oxford University animal lab.



"Mel Broughton (born 5 July 1960) is a British landscape gardener who has risen to public prominence as one of the UK's most notable animal rights advocates. He was the co-founder in 2004, with Robert Cogswell, of SPEAK, The Voice for the Animals, a campaign to stop animal testing in Britain, which is focused on opposition to a new animal laboratory at Oxford University.[1]

Broughton was jailed for two years and eight months in 1999 after police found a firebomb in his car, which he said was intended to destroy animal transporters to stop the live export of animals from the UK to the European continent.[2] He was arrested again and remanded in custody in December 2007 after the Animal Liberation Front planted incendiary devices in Oxford University colleges. A jury cleared him of possessing explosive substances, but failed to reach a verdict on other charges. Following his retrial in 2009 he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit arson.[3] However, in March 2010 Mel Broughton had his conviction overturned, arguing that the DNA evidence in the case had been unreliable.[4] He was later granted bail with "stringent conditions" and was re-tried in June/July 2010.[5][6] On the 13th of July 2010 Broughton was once again found guilty and returned to prison to complete the balance of his sentence." (wiki)

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wanker

01.02.2013 13:35

was a wanker then and is still a wanker now

set the AR movement back years with his stupid campaigns.

JK

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@JK

01.02.2013 14:09

Cop/fash? wonder which you are. Fuck off. You're the wanker.

all creatures

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cop/fash

01.02.2013 14:58

Neither, just somebody who has had the misfortune of dealing with the idiot and watching how much damage he did to the cause of AR. Because of his stupid willy waving stunts the cops were able to portray us all as criminals and terrorists.

His ego was always bigger than his ability.

JK

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@ all creatures

01.02.2013 16:56

You should be asking if Broughton was state. Only a complete fool or police agent would committ those type of terror offences. It discredited a legitimate cause and lost it goodwill and support.

anonymous

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@anonymous

01.02.2013 17:17

Stop trying to spread a load of bollocks. Fucking idiot.

anonywank

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no respect

01.02.2013 17:55

He was given £4.000 by the so called leadership when he got out jail after 1999. That money was raised in donations for campaigns after that he lost respect. Loads people have been jailed for ar stuff only a clicky select few got pay outs when they got set free. The kind of thing that splits up the movement.

matt

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@matt

01.02.2013 18:23

no it's little cunts like you who split movements. Fuck off back in your hole.

Mick B

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stop burning people

03.02.2013 21:30

firebombs = prison

sounds fair to me

james bond need to know

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Great solidarity from the left

04.02.2013 14:29

or are the arsehole comments coming from the right?

striker

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facts

04.02.2013 19:37

Why dont you ask him.

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@matt

04.02.2013 23:45

Thank you for your credentials :)

twatt

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money

05.02.2013 02:27

You take money your history. If you havent got a vald point to make dont post.

matt

respect

26.02.2013 15:39

Well done to someone prepared to act on their convictions,all the talk and wishing in the world doesnt change things,actions do.
You may or may not agree with how he went about it,but if you were an animal you would think this guy was a hero.I do anyway,well done sir.You give those that believe in animal welfare the hope that not all involved are feckless,idealistic lettuce botherers but there are those determined,passionate and competant individuals too.

fight the good fights people and good luck.

al

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ponce

20.05.2013 23:44

Cunt had 5 4 grand given to him back in the day fuck him.

old alf

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