British animal rights activist remanded

Urgent ELP! Bulletin (14th of December 2007)

Dear friends

ELP has just learnt that former animal rights prisoner and well known animal rights campaigner, Mel Broughton, has been remanded charged with arson.

As yet we do not have a prison address for Mel, but according to the VPSG website he is expected to be taken to HMP Woodhill. Please check out the VPSG website http://www.vpsg.org/ for more updates and as soon as any prison address is known for Mel, please send him letters and cards of support.

Urgent ELP! Bulletin (15th December 2007)

Dear friends

Following on from our e-mail a couple of hours ago, ELP can now confirm that Mel's address is:

Mel Broughton TN9138
HM Prison Woodhill
Tattenhoe Street
Milton Keynes
Bucks MK4 4DA
ENGLAND

Mel is being held as a Category A prisoner.

For all the up-to-date news on Mel check out www.vpsg.org

Below is a mainstream media article about Mel's arrest.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7144576.stm

Animal rights activist remanded

An animal rights campaigner has been charged with a number of arson attacks on Oxford University.

Mel Broughton, 47, appeared before Banbury Magistrates' Court and was remanded to appear at Oxford Crown Court on 21 December.

The charges include two counts of possession or control of an explosive substance with intent to endanger life or damage property.

The offences are alleged to have been committed in 2006 and 2007.

The first at Queens College in November 2006 and the second at Templeton College in February this year.

He is also charged with one count of conspiracy to blackmail and two counts of having an article with intent to destroy or damage property.

Mr Broughton, from Semilong Road, Northampton is a founder member of SPEAK, which campaigns against animal testing.