Fourth guilty plea over grave desecration
Fourth guilty plea over grave desecration
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Tuesday, 11, Apr 2006 05:26
A fourth person has pleaded guilty to blackmailing a family who ran a guinea-pig breeding farm in Staffordshire.
Josephine Mayo, 38, of Edgbaston, Birmingham, appeared at Nottingham crown court this morning and pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to blackmail David Hall and Partners.
It follows similar guilty pleas from three men to the same charge yesterday afternoon - Jon Ablewhite, 36, of Hawley St, Levenshulme, Manchester; Kerry Whitburn, 36, of Summer Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; and John Smith, 39, of Leicester Street, Wolverhampton
The charges relate to a campaign of intimidation against the Hall family and includes the desecration of the grave of 82-year-old Gladys Hammond, who was the mother-in-law of Christopher Hall, one of the owners of the farm, in October 2004.
The Hall family decided to close the controversial Darley Oaks farm, Newchurch, last August after being subjected to hate mail, death threats, hoax bombs and arson attacks from animal rights campaigners.
After the closure they expressed their wish that the remains of Ms Hammond would now be returned to them.
All four of those charged are due to appear at Nottingham crown court for sentencing on May 11th or 12th and have been released on conditional bail.