Terrorists Jailed for 12 Years Each

Excellent news in the Times this morning.

Unfortunately, the article must have been written too quickly to use precise language.

THREE animal rights extremists were jailed for twelve years each yesterday for waging a six-year hate campaign that included the desecration of a grandmother’s grave.

They took the body and left the jaw bone behind!

Jon Ablewhite, John Smith and Kerry Whitburn admitted their leading roles in intimidating and attacking the owners of Darley Oaks guinea-pig farm in Staffordshire only two weeks before they were due to stand trial.

Intimidating? Threatening! Stalking and Terrorising! These guys are the animals.

I know it's kind of contrary of me, but if guys like these are against animal testing, I'm for it.

"...blackmail the family...Mayo was caught on closed circuit television buying a petrol can that was used to make an explosive device left at the home of Mr Hall’s daughter...Documentation stolen in a burglary at the farm in 1999 was found in Ablewhite’s home and his computer had an image of Miss Hall’s home...A manual typewriter, stencil, handwriting linked with abusive letters and photocopies of an anatomy book showing a skull with its jawbone removed, were found at Whitburn’s house...Hundreds of letters were sent to victims including the Halls’ cleaner, May Hudson, threatening to dig up her recently deceased husband...When Mr Hall’s mother died, a card was sent saying: “One down, seven to go.”

Let's be very clear what we're dealing with here:

Letters offered to reveal where the body was (of the jawbone-less grandmother's body) if trading stopped, but the location was not revealed even when the farm closed in January.

Surprised? Of course not, it was never about animal testing.

The police bill for protecting the farm and surrounding community and investigating the threats and attacks reached more than £3 million.