Stately Home owner charged over GM trial break in

Hector Christie, an organic farmer and stately home owner from North Devon has been arrested and charged after allegedly causing damage at the site of a GM wheat trial in Hertfordshire.

Mr Christie of Tapley Park near Instow is accused of breaking in to the Rothamsted Research Facility and disrupting a field trial of wheat. The crop has been genetically modified to repel insects rather than kill them.

The environmental activist has previously spoken of his opposition to GM food and heckled Prime Minister Tony Blair at a Labour Party conference.