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| Campaigners admit threat offence | Campaigners admit threat offence |
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| Three activists have pleaded guilty to making criminal threats in a campaign against an animal testing company. | Three activists have pleaded guilty to making criminal threats in a campaign against an animal testing company. |
| The Old Bailey heard they had targeted customers and suppliers to try to stop them from dealing with Huntingdon Life Sciences in Cambridgeshire. | The Old Bailey heard they had targeted customers and suppliers to try to stop them from dealing with Huntingdon Life Sciences in Cambridgeshire. |
| Mark Taylor, 39, and his wife Suzanne, 34, of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and Teresa Portwine, 47, of New Addington, south London, were remanded on bail. | |
| Each admitted a charge of threatening criminal offences or civil annoyance. | Each admitted a charge of threatening criminal offences or civil annoyance. |
| This offence was created under new laws and the three were said to have committed the offences from June to October last year. | This offence was created under new laws and the three were said to have committed the offences from June to October last year. |