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| Nine people arrested after an inquiry into animal rights extremism have been charged with conspiracy to blackmail or blackmail, police have said. | |
| About 700 police officers and support staff raided addresses in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands on Tuesday, leading to 32 arrests. | About 700 police officers and support staff raided addresses in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands on Tuesday, leading to 32 arrests. |
| Twenty people have been released on police bail and a man from Glasgow has been released without charge. | Twenty people have been released on police bail and a man from Glasgow has been released without charge. |
| Police have been granted a further 36 hours to question two others. | Police have been granted a further 36 hours to question two others. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service said seven people have been charged with conspiracy to blackmail and two others are facing individual offences of blackmail. | The Crown Prosecution Service said seven people have been charged with conspiracy to blackmail and two others are facing individual offences of blackmail. |
| Eight people were arrested in raids at seven addresses in Hampshire. | Eight people were arrested in raids at seven addresses in Hampshire. |
| Other addresses raided and searched were in Berkshire, Kent, Lancashire, London, Merseyside, Northumbria, Oxford, Surrey, Sussex, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Glasgow and Aberdare, south Wales. | Other addresses raided and searched were in Berkshire, Kent, Lancashire, London, Merseyside, Northumbria, Oxford, Surrey, Sussex, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Glasgow and Aberdare, south Wales. |
| Two unnamed locations in the Netherlands and one in Belgium were also raided but no arrests were made. | Two unnamed locations in the Netherlands and one in Belgium were also raided but no arrests were made. |
| The seven people charged with conspiracy to blackmail have been named as: Daniel Amos, 20, and Gerrah Selby, 19, both of Church Crookham, Hants; Linus Harrison, 21, and Grace Quantock, 19, both of Wokingham, Berks; Stephen Barclay, 50, of Redbridge Hollow, Oxford; Gavin Medd-Hall, 44, of Croydon, London, and Daniel Wadham, 20, of Brynmair, Aberdare. | The seven people charged with conspiracy to blackmail have been named as: Daniel Amos, 20, and Gerrah Selby, 19, both of Church Crookham, Hants; Linus Harrison, 21, and Grace Quantock, 19, both of Wokingham, Berks; Stephen Barclay, 50, of Redbridge Hollow, Oxford; Gavin Medd-Hall, 44, of Croydon, London, and Daniel Wadham, 20, of Brynmair, Aberdare. |
| They have all been released on conditional bail ahead of an appearance at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on 15 May. | They have all been released on conditional bail ahead of an appearance at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on 15 May. |
| The two charged with blackmail are: Dianne Jamieson, 59, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire - on conditional bail to appear at Preston Magistrates' Court on a date to be confirmed - and Suzanne Jaggers, 35, of Skipton, North Yorkshire. | The two charged with blackmail are: Dianne Jamieson, 59, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire - on conditional bail to appear at Preston Magistrates' Court on a date to be confirmed - and Suzanne Jaggers, 35, of Skipton, North Yorkshire. |
| Ms Jaggers is being held in custody pending an appearance at Skipton Magistrates' Court. | Ms Jaggers is being held in custody pending an appearance at Skipton Magistrates' Court. |