Post by Woody Williams on Jan 23, 2007 12:43:15 GMT -5
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Jury selection begins in animal cruelty trial of PETA activists
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of two animal rights
activists charged with animal cruelty after they were discovered
dumping dead animals in a trash bin.
Associated Press
Last update: January 23, 2007 - 6:46 AM WINTON, N.C. Jury
selection began Monday in the trial of two animal rights
activists charged with animal cruelty after they were discovered
dumping dead animals in a trash bin.
Adria J. Hinkle, of Norfolk, Va., and Andrew B. Cook, of Virginia
Beach, Va., are charged with 21 counts each of animal cruelty in
addition to charges of littering and obtaining property by false
pretenses. Both volunteered with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
Prosecutors in this northeastern North Carolina town interviewed
potential jurors Monday, asking them if they were pet owners or
hunters, and whether they had ever euthanized a pet. Jury
selection was expected to continue today.
Hinkle and Cook were PETA volunteers in Norfolk when they offered to take animals from crowded animal shelters in Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties. Their lawyer said the load of animals became too large, and the workers began euthanizing the dogs and cats and dumping their bodies in a trash bin at a grocery store.
The pair was arrested in June 2005, after police said they saw
Hinkle and Cook dump several bags of dead animals into the bin.
Police said they found more dead animals in the pair's van.
Jury selection begins in animal cruelty trial of PETA activists
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of two animal rights
activists charged with animal cruelty after they were discovered
dumping dead animals in a trash bin.
Associated Press
Last update: January 23, 2007 - 6:46 AM WINTON, N.C. Jury
selection began Monday in the trial of two animal rights
activists charged with animal cruelty after they were discovered
dumping dead animals in a trash bin.
Adria J. Hinkle, of Norfolk, Va., and Andrew B. Cook, of Virginia
Beach, Va., are charged with 21 counts each of animal cruelty in
addition to charges of littering and obtaining property by false
pretenses. Both volunteered with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.
Prosecutors in this northeastern North Carolina town interviewed
potential jurors Monday, asking them if they were pet owners or
hunters, and whether they had ever euthanized a pet. Jury
selection was expected to continue today.
Hinkle and Cook were PETA volunteers in Norfolk when they offered to take animals from crowded animal shelters in Bertie, Hertford and Northampton counties. Their lawyer said the load of animals became too large, and the workers began euthanizing the dogs and cats and dumping their bodies in a trash bin at a grocery store.
The pair was arrested in June 2005, after police said they saw
Hinkle and Cook dump several bags of dead animals into the bin.
Police said they found more dead animals in the pair's van.
