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16/3/10
A
jury in the case of an animal rights enthusiast who piloted a gyrocopter
which killed a hunt supporter has retired to consider its verdict
Some Hunt Supporters
Bryan
Griffiths, 55, denies manslaughter by gross negligence of Warwickshire Hunt
member Trevor Morse at Long Marston airfield in March 2009. Mr Morse, 48,
refused to move out of the way as Mr Griffiths went towards him, Birmingham
Crown Court heard. Mr Griffiths, of Wiltshire Close, Bedworth, had been
monitoring the hunt. During the two-week trial, jurors have heard Mr Morse's
head was cleaved "from top to bottom" by the blade of the gyrocopter
as he tried to stop it from taking off.
Mr Griffiths had stopped at the airfield, near Stratford-upon-Avon, to refuel.
The incident was caught on camera by the man who had taken fuel to the airfield,
Peter Bunce, and jurors have watched the footage a number of times during
the trial.
Story
from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/8570730.stm
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