Six Plead Guilty in Oregon case

ELP Information Bulletin (22nd July 2006)

Dear friends

As most people will be aware, over the past couple of days, six of
the defendants in the Orgeon case, have now entered Guilty Pleas to
various charges to arson and conspiracy.

The six who have pleaded Guilty are Darren Thurston, Kevin Tubbs,
Sarah Harvery (also known as Kendall Tankersley), Stanislas
Meyerhoff, Chelsea Gerlach, and Suzanne Savoie.

With the exception of Darren Thurston, all of the others had been
previously named, by ELP, as police informants and their cooperation
with the prosecution has been long established.

We understand from a statement circulated by Darren Thurston's
support campaign that following his Guilty plea Thurston is expecting
a reduced sentence of 37 months imprisonment.  There has been some
speculation as to the reason why Thurston may receive a reduced
sentence and ELP, in partnership with others, is looking into the
matter.  We hope to bring you the findings of our investigation
within the next few days.

However in the meantime we would like to remind everyone that there
are a number of other people facing very serious charges, including
possible Life sentences.  Most of the other defendants are either
currently on bail or there exact where abouts is currently unknown to
the authorities.

However two of the non-cooperating defendants, Nathan Block and Joy
Zacher, remain imprisoned and both are facing mandatory sentences of
Life imprisonment if found Guilty on all the charges placed against
them.  The fact that a number of the co-defendants have entered
Guilty pleas will be very traumatic for Nathan and Joy so please send
letters of support to:

Nathan Block #1663667
Lane County Jail
101 W 5th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
USA

Joyanna Zacher #1662550
Lane County Jail
101 W 5th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
USA

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British Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network
BM Box 2407
London
WC1N 3XX
England