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Suzanne Jaggers

SHAC ATTACK | 14.12.2007 08:15 | Animal Liberation

Nutcase

Nutcase Suzanne Jaggers, the Skipton woman convicted of blackmail last month is to be sentenced on Monday at Leeds Crown Court.
You may recall that during her time in the dock she admitted to having offered help to the Police whilst actively attending demos and meetings and she also darkened the name of SHAC by attempting to convince a jury that certain of it's members had threatened to brand her and beat her up if she didn't carry out certain actions, mainly telephone calls.
Wonder what they will do with her ?

SHAC ATTACK

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notmuch

14.12.2007 16:15

I guess Bronzefield won't be on the cards.

Afewmonths


Please...

14.12.2007 17:19

...supply a photograph of this woman if you have one. It is always useful to circulate the photo of grasses as they quite often go from one organisation/campaign to the next causing problems that could have been avoided if everyone knew who they were. Cheers.

Rudeboy


I agree

14.12.2007 17:32

Think she'll be kepy away from Natasha and Heather..................unfortunately

Activist


seeing nothing

17.12.2007 23:59

It's now the day after sentencing (according to the above reply) and still no news!?!
Perhaps she's been taken to a police safe-house under a media blackout...
I'm not taking the piss.
But...
I could be wrong in my assumption.

waiting


Animal rights fanatic 'has tried to kill herself'

19.12.2007 22:53

read on


Animal rights fanatic 'has tried to kill herself'
By Steve Wright


Animal rights activist Suzanne Jaggers is suffering from a serious psychiatric disorder and has tried to take her life in custody, a judge was told.

Bank worker Jaggers, 35, who was last month convicted of blackmail which was part of an animal cruelty campaign, was due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

But Judge Jennifer Kershaw, QC, adjourned the hearing so that psychiatrists could carry out further assessments.

Miss Chloe Fairley, representing Jaggers, of Upper Sackville Street, Skipton, told the judge she wanted to be sentenced.

But Judge Kershaw said a report by psychologist Bernard Catt said Jaggers posed a serious risk to her own life and was suffering from a serious psychiatric disorder for which she was not receiving treatment.

Dr Adrian Berry, a forensic psychiatrist at Newton Lodge secure unit in Wakefield, where Jaggers is being held, had said she should be remanded back into custody so that he and his clinical team could continue their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
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Judge Kershaw said: "She arrived in Newton Lodge having given rise to considerable cause for concern in custody, having regard to the number and level of attempts upon her own life, and symptomology consistent with a major depressive illness."

The probation service had also been unable to complete pre-sentence reports.

The judge said: "I do not know enough about the person who is to be sentenced. Miss Jaggers is primarily an unknown quantity. While I understand her view, it would not be fair or reasonable to sentence her against that imperfectly-understood background."

Jaggers, who is a member of the RSPCA, was remanded back into custody and a new sentencing date will be fixed when Dr Berry has completed his assessments.

Jaggers was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court last month of one offence of blackmail, involving a phone call to the boss of a Cheshire-based company in which she referred to his vehicles being firebombed.

The blackmail attempt was said to be part of a campaign by the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) organisation.

At the end of the trial Judge Kershaw told Jaggers the overwhelming likelihood was that she would receive a custodial sentence.

email: steve.wright@ bradford.newsquest.co.uk

 http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.1913986.0.animal_rights_fanatic_has_tried_to_kill_herself.php

TheKid


it's..

20.12.2007 00:41

interesting that the newspaper have referred to an "anti cruelty campaign" (which SHAC is) rather than a terrorist or extremist campaign.

Maybe the reporter has read up on the animal cruelty that takes place at huntingdon life sciences?

If so, and he has made his own assumptions re the campaign - well done and thanks!

HLS exposed -  http://www.shac.net/MISC/Inside_HLS.html

bright eyes


you can't be serious!

22.12.2007 11:09

So a mad "who ate all the pies" leather handbag toteing woman infiltrated the animal rights movement.
Someone was not paying attention!

onlyme


you can't be serious!

22.12.2007 11:10

So a mad "who ate all the pies" leather handbag toteing woman infiltrated the animal rights movement.
Someone was not paying attention!

onlyme


We were

22.12.2007 13:25

We were aware she was dodgey when she came on the scene in Leeds a couple years ago

Dr Doolittle


SHAC have never threatened to beat up anyone to make them do anything!!!

03.02.2008 18:48

I haven't heard of this person but i'd like to meet her....he he he

Mandy


THE TRUTH

02.06.2008 10:24

IT IS NICE TO SEE ALL THE COMMENTS WHICH ALL YOU LOVELY ANIMAL ACTIVISTS HAVE PLACED ON THE VARIOUS WEBSITES.

THE SO CALLED ACTIVISTS WHO "KNEW ME" AND ARE PLACING COMMENTS ARE BARKING MAD.

FOR YOUR INFO I HAVE BEEN VEGAN FOR A YEAR AND VEGGIE SINCE TEN AND THE HANDBAG IN THE PHOTO IS NOT LEATHER, YOU IDIOTS, IT IS FAKE.

PLEASE GET A LIFE AND A JOB.

BREAKING THE LAW ONLY LANDS YOU IN JAIL AND DOES NOT HELP THE ANIMALS HOWEVER MUCH YOU IDIOTS LIKE TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF.

I AM GLAD I AM OUT OF THE MOVEMENT AS YOU ARE ALL LOSERS AND QUITE FRANKLY THE ANIMALS DESERVE BETTER.

PS:

I HAVE BEEN SECTIONED UNDER EIGHT DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT AND BEEN IN FIVE DIFFERENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS, SO NOBODY FRIGHTENS ME!

SUZANNE


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