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Operation Achillies - Another SHAC guilty plea

Ian Farmer | 16.03.2009 19:09 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | South Coast

The first of the 'second wave' activists has pleaded guilty.

A young SHAC activist has today entered a guilty plea to Blckmail charges and asked for her bail to be revoked.

She will be sentenced in 2010 unless others plead.

Ian Farmer

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Here is the info....

16.03.2009 19:43

write to Nicole at:

NICOLE VOSPER VM9385
HMP Bronzefield,
Woodthorpe Road,
Ashford,
Middx
UK
TW15 3JZ

http://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VEGANNICOLE

http://WWW.SHAC.NET

http://WWW.VPSG.ORG

Thank you.

Nicole Rules.

or should that now be take me to jail?

courageous and brave act to ask to go to jail over legally protesting (or "conspiracy to blackmail" as its known). the guilty plea will give her 1/3 of a sentence and time served means she'll be out within months of getting her sentenced or so most probably. smart move and good luck to her.

go to jail

What a waste.

17.03.2009 08:51

This is another tragedy like Gerrah - another young life blighted. I hope those that led her into this mess are ashamed of themselves.

Truth

re: truth

17.03.2009 10:00

I'm sure we all hope that those who led nicole into this mess (HLS who repeatedly break the law and abuse animals, the government who did nothing about it - in fact they have done everything they can to help a criminal company and even cover up the illegality - and force people like Nicole to do something themselves, the police who made an otherwise minor offence into a serious blackmail charge, people like you who do sweet FA and allow the abuse inside places like HLS continue) are thoroughly ashamed.

Maybe now "Truth" you can look at the truth and do something to to actually help close HLS so that more young lives aren't blighted?

Or maybe you would prefer to update SHACwatch with more smear campaigns to blight other young lives.

If you are interested in the truth, visit www.shac.net.

Steve Discombe

Typical response

17.03.2009 13:55

What a typical response from SHAC - 'let's not address the issue lets attack the poster.'

The TRUTH is that a young woman will now spend a year or so in jail and those that encoraged her in her actions can see no harm in that as it's 'all for the animals'.

What a sad sad state the AR world is in. No wonder London Indymedia seems to have taken a more cautious approach to SHAC postings if this is the quaility of the poster.

Another Truth

shacwatch is sooo boring .........

17.03.2009 14:08

"The TRUTH is that a young woman will now spend a year or so in jail and those that encoraged her in her actions can see no harm in that as it's 'all for the animals'."

The suggestion that she was coerced into actions is based on what exactly? It isn't AR activists who are jailing her, is it? Its a repressive state that loves business, killing animals and hates freedom.

"What a sad sad state the AR world is in. No wonder London Indymedia seems to have taken a more cautious approach to SHAC postings if this is the quaility of the poster."

Yes, the AR movement is indeed being villified and criminalised. The fact that London Indymedia seems to be prepared to be part of that process is nothing it should be proud of. Radical it aint.........

solidarity not submission

Bigots

17.03.2009 18:28

clearly the 'truth' comments are from aresentful cops or those with vested interests in animal abuse! Decent people are very aware of who are right and wrong here, those who slag off shac are clearly condoning animal abuse. May they all reap what they sow

anon

For the cops...

17.03.2009 20:12

You obviously haven't spotted the post about freeing the EDO 2 - don't forget to lament over them getting led astray by those nasty big boys!

As far as proof of coercion - don't forget these are cops who are assuming this (and even amongst that quagmire of intelligence we are talking the lowest possible strata), obviously the police are unable to comprehend people who follow their own moral compass, and don't have to take orders from above. The fact that these posts don't seem to be able to understand the idea of people having freedom of thought, and following their conscience rather than orders makes it pretty obvious that this is plod.

Go eat some doughnuts Steve-O, before you get sacked for running SHACwatch - it's only a matter of time.

Steve Pearl

Animal abusers are cowards

17.03.2009 22:09

All animal abusers, such as the state apologists posting here, are cowards at heart.

Anyone who can deliberately inflict pain or suffering on an innocent animal, like those who work at Huntingdon Life Sciences or others like them, clearly have something wrong with them. It's the classic bully scenario; the desire to overcome ones own shortcomings by dominating those weaker than yourself.

The same applies to those who back up animal abusers, like the police at NETCU.

In the fullness of time, history will look back on the likes of NETCU as we now look back on those who have oppressed and abused others in the past, and it will look back on the brave people who stand up against animal abuse as heroes.

anon

Not 1/3 of a sentence but 2/3

18.03.2009 00:00

Go to Jail says 'the guilty plea will give her 1/3 of a sentence and time served means she'll be out within months of getting her sentenced'.

This is in fact wrong. A guilty plea means a reduction of 1/3 in the sentence that would have been given if the accused went to trial. So Nicole should get 2/3 of the sentence she would have received had she gone guilty.

What sentence she does receive is of course up to the judge. In the first SHAC trial Greg and Natasha got 9 years after a guilty plea which equates to 13.5 years for not guilty - but Heather received only 11 years. Methinks the judge added extra time to make up for the 1/3 he had to subtract.

It is also worth noting that whether a prisoner is released after serving just half of their sentence is usually dependant on them showing contrition for their 'crime' and hence no longer being a threat. It is not a given - Ronnie Lee did 6 years 8 months of a 10 year sentence in the 1980s and Geoff Sheppard served 4.5 years of a 7 year sentence in the 1990s.

In Nicole's case, however, she should stand a good chance of early parole because she went guilty at the earliest opportunity, is very young and this is her first conviction.

Paul Vegan Anarchist

typo? of/off

18.03.2009 10:46

Maybe the first poster meant to say "1/3 off a sentence" instead of "1/3 of a sentence" but just made a typo?

anon

UK Indymedia

Operation Achillies - Another SHAC guilty plea

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Here is the info....

speak the truth

What a waste.

re: truth

Typical response

shacwatch is sooo boring .........

Bigots

For the cops...

Animal abusers are cowards

Not 1/3 of a sentence but 2/3

typo? of/off

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