Mel Broughton
Mel Broughton (born circa 1960) is a British landscape gardener who has risen to public prominence as an animal rights advocate and leader of SPEAK, The Voice for the Animals, a campaign to stop animal testing in the UK. SPEAK is currently focused on opposition to a new animal laboratory at Oxford University.[1]
In connection with the campaign, Broughton was charged in December 2007 with conspiracy to blackmail and possession of incendiary devices, after fire broke out inside a sports pavilion belonging to Queen's College, Oxford, and two petrol bombs were found inside the university's Templeton College. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attacks.[2] The jury was discharged in November 2008 after failing to reach a verdict against Broughton, who is expected to face a retrial in 2009.[3]
Notes
- ^ Dear, Paula. Anatomy of an animal rights protest, BBC News, October 5 2004.
- ^ Wilkinson, Matt. Mel Broughton Faces Charges, name of newspaper not known, reproduced on the ALF website.
- ^ Jury discharged in fire bomb case, BBC News, November 6, 2008.