from imc-uk, 24 March 2010: “An animal rights campaigner jailed for 10 years for plotting a fire bomb attack on Oxford University has had his conviction overturned. He appealed against his conviction earlier this year and, after taking more than a month to consider the verdict, Lord Justice Thomas returned to the Court of Appeal today to quash the conviction. After an application by crown prosecutors, the judge ordered that Mr Broughton, who was not present in court, be retried on the allegation as soon as possible…” more