Seems all Kirtley was guilty of was running animal rights activists material on his website for which he got 4 1/2 years imprisonment. The Judge, a life long fan of Blood sports, said "he considered his interest did not disqualify him from presiding over a fair trial". Fair trial, 4 1/2 years for providing information on his website about a campaign against an animal research facility????? They call that fair. Mind you it was under one of Mr Blair's 3,000 new laws he bought in during his term in office so it makes sense that it would favour a company that experiments and inflicts pain on living animals in the name of making health products safe rather then an individuals rights to peacefully protests against said cruelty.
An Apt legacy of Tony Blair's terms as Prime Minister of the UK
Clive
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Judge who sentenced animal rights activist was fan of blood sports
By Jonathan Brown
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Source: The Independent
A man found guilty at the end of the longest animal rights trial in legal history has launched an appeal, claiming the judge should not have heard the case because of his interest in blood sports.
Sean Kirtley, 42, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for his part in a prolonged campaign against Sequani Ltd by Judge Peter Ross at Coventry Crown Court earlier this year.
The case, which has been unreported until now, has become a cause célèbre among anti-vivisection campaigners after the activist became the first person to stand trial accused of conspiring to interfere with an animal research establishment under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act.
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