GM Crop Damage Fine
Hector Christie from Instow in North Devon has been fined almost four thousand pounds after damaging crops at the Rothampsted Research Centre in Hertfordshire in May.
£4,000 fine for GM crop damage
A wealthy landowner says he won't pay his fine after admitting breaking into a GM crop research centre.
Hector Christie, who's from Instow in North Devon, scaled a fence and pulled up crops at the Rothampsted Research Centre in Hertfordshire in May. Today he pleaded guilty to criminal damage at St Albans Crown Court and was ordered to pay almost 4 thousand pounds
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