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16/03/2005
Arrests made in grave theft investigation
Two people have been arrested over the theft of an 82-year-old Staffordshire woman's remains from a grave.
The body of Gladys Hammond was taken from St Peter's Churchyard in Yoxall, near Burton, in early October last year.
Mrs Hammond was the mother-in-law of Christopher Hall, who had become a target for animal rights campaigners, because he co-owns the Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, which provides guinea pigs for medical research. The Hall family has suffered a long-running hate campaign by animal rights extremists, which included malicious phone calls and arson attacks.
Staffordshire police confirmed that they arrested a 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman earlier today in Gloucester. The pair were arrested on suspicion of desecrating Mrs Hammond's grave and removing the remains.
It has also been reported that another three men were arrested later in the morning in the Newchurch area, on suspicion of causing criminal damage. The arrests follow a renewed appeal for information regarding the case, which was shown on BBC1's Crimewatch programme last night. However, police said that today's arrests were a separate development from the Crimewatch appeal.
Two men and a woman arrested in connection with the desecration last year remain on police bail.
(KMcA/SP)
The body of Gladys Hammond was taken from St Peter's Churchyard in Yoxall, near Burton, in early October last year.
Mrs Hammond was the mother-in-law of Christopher Hall, who had become a target for animal rights campaigners, because he co-owns the Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, which provides guinea pigs for medical research. The Hall family has suffered a long-running hate campaign by animal rights extremists, which included malicious phone calls and arson attacks.
Staffordshire police confirmed that they arrested a 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman earlier today in Gloucester. The pair were arrested on suspicion of desecrating Mrs Hammond's grave and removing the remains.
It has also been reported that another three men were arrested later in the morning in the Newchurch area, on suspicion of causing criminal damage. The arrests follow a renewed appeal for information regarding the case, which was shown on BBC1's Crimewatch programme last night. However, police said that today's arrests were a separate development from the Crimewatch appeal.
Two men and a woman arrested in connection with the desecration last year remain on police bail.
(KMcA/SP)
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