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Jail remand on rabbit theft and damage charges
Wednesday, 10am: A man has appeared in court accused of causing over £70,000 worth of damage at a local rabbit farm which was targeted by animal rights protestors.
Lewis Pogson, of Bush Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent, faces charges of blackmail, burglary and criminal damage at Highgate Farm, Normanby by Spital in January this year.
The 22-year-old also faces a further charge of interfering with a contractual relationship so as to harm an animal research establishment and four conspiracy charges.
One hundred and 29 rabbits were stolen and a large amount of damage was caused during a raid at Highgate Farm, 12 miles north of Lincoln, on the night of January 6/ 7 this year.
The damage included vehicles being smashed up and Animal Liberation Front graffiti daubed on walls.
Highgate Farm has been targeted by animal rights groups because it supplies rabbits used in testing by the research company Huntingdon Life Sciences.
At a brief hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on Tuesday no pleas were taken from Pogson and he was remanded in custody until January 9 after an application for bail was refused.
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