Debbie Vincent' sells out, are we surpised ?
:: | 14.02.2015 14:06 | SHAC
As the Times made clear in its article yesterday we now have confirmation of what many in the animal rights world have been talking about for some months, the sell out by Debbie Vincent to obtain a shorter prison term. The question is, are any of us surprised ?
Debbie came into the world of AR on the back of much trauma in her private life. Born Peter Rogers before her gender reassignment operation and changing her name Debbie was a troubled individual open to manipulation and control from an early age. The choice of her as the new leader of SHAC after Greg Avery was imprisoned was controversial with many and a number of dissenting voices were ignored. She made many mistakes in the running of SHAC and the ultimate failure of the group must be placed at her door, HLS is up and running and in real terms has not been affected at all in the past four years by the actions of SHAC.
The decision to purchase a house in France from SHAC funds as an 'investment' was quite rightly condemned by many and the current fight over its ownership by six individuals (including Debbie) has been another diversion from what should have been the core activity of SHAC. She clearly expects to come out of prison and live there and yet why ? It was not her money, it was paid for by SHAC donations.
The issue at the heart of this is HLS and its continuation. SHAC was a pain to HLS but it never succeeded in its primary target of closing it and while SHAC has now closed HLS has just won a new multi million Pound contract that will see its animal experimenting expand. SHAC has hundreds of thousands of pounds in the Co-Op bank accounts and yet we are told the campaign has finished. Who is controlling that money ?
Debbie sold us out and now it looks like SHAC did the same. In the meanwhile the animals continue to suffer.
Debbie came into the world of AR on the back of much trauma in her private life. Born Peter Rogers before her gender reassignment operation and changing her name Debbie was a troubled individual open to manipulation and control from an early age. The choice of her as the new leader of SHAC after Greg Avery was imprisoned was controversial with many and a number of dissenting voices were ignored. She made many mistakes in the running of SHAC and the ultimate failure of the group must be placed at her door, HLS is up and running and in real terms has not been affected at all in the past four years by the actions of SHAC.
The decision to purchase a house in France from SHAC funds as an 'investment' was quite rightly condemned by many and the current fight over its ownership by six individuals (including Debbie) has been another diversion from what should have been the core activity of SHAC. She clearly expects to come out of prison and live there and yet why ? It was not her money, it was paid for by SHAC donations.
The issue at the heart of this is HLS and its continuation. SHAC was a pain to HLS but it never succeeded in its primary target of closing it and while SHAC has now closed HLS has just won a new multi million Pound contract that will see its animal experimenting expand. SHAC has hundreds of thousands of pounds in the Co-Op bank accounts and yet we are told the campaign has finished. Who is controlling that money ?
Debbie sold us out and now it looks like SHAC did the same. In the meanwhile the animals continue to suffer.
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14.02.2015 17:55
anne
Spent time with Vincent and I am not surprised at all.
16.02.2015 14:16
These two important factors would have been major motivators to the deal she did with the CPS although the irony is the final reduction in jail time was very low and in no way a big reward for those she sold out.
In 2013 when I last spoke with her it was obvious the appeal of SHAC was already fading and she was looking for an escape route and how to take some of the money with her, the recent tawdry little fight over the French house showed very well where her priorities were. She had never (despite what was claimed) stayed there for a prolonged period of time and the payment from the account she called "Berlin" was always SHAC money and never hers despite the fact she was a signatory on the account. She will in a few years be out but unlike others who kept their mouths shut and did their time who now have hero status in the A.R. community Vincent will always be a grass and no amount of money she has hidden away in Jersey is going to make her feel ok about that.
Lynn
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