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2004-10-15 15:42:41 UTC
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THIEVES 'FED DEAD OAP TO GUINEA PIGS'
Oct 12 2004
A WOMAN'S remains which were stolen from her grave may have been fed to
guinea pigs by animal rights activists, it was claimed yesterday.
Police believe two people spent more than four hours digging up the body of
Gladys Hammond, whose son-in-law breeds the animal s for medical research.
And last night, there was speculation that fanatics from the Animal
Liberation Front may have been responsible and taken the outrage even
further.
A source with links to the ALF said: 'There are no lengths that these people
will not go to and feeding this poor woman to the guinea pigs is the sort of
irony they would like.'
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Baker, heading the inquiry, refused to say
which parts of the body had been had been taken during last Wednesday's raid
on the grave in the cemetery of St Peter's Church in the village of Yoxall,
Staffordshire.
Mrs Hammond, who died aged 82 in 1997, was the mother-in-law of Chris Hall
who breeds guinea pigs at a farm in nearby Newchurch.
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THIEVES 'FED DEAD OAP TO GUINEA PIGS'
Oct 12 2004
A WOMAN'S remains which were stolen from her grave may have been fed to
guinea pigs by animal rights activists, it was claimed yesterday.
Police believe two people spent more than four hours digging up the body of
Gladys Hammond, whose son-in-law breeds the animal s for medical research.
And last night, there was speculation that fanatics from the Animal
Liberation Front may have been responsible and taken the outrage even
further.
A source with links to the ALF said: 'There are no lengths that these people
will not go to and feeding this poor woman to the guinea pigs is the sort of
irony they would like.'
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Baker, heading the inquiry, refused to say
which parts of the body had been had been taken during last Wednesday's raid
on the grave in the cemetery of St Peter's Church in the village of Yoxall,
Staffordshire.
Mrs Hammond, who died aged 82 in 1997, was the mother-in-law of Chris Hall
who breeds guinea pigs at a farm in nearby Newchurch.