---
title: "Oxford: City of Animal Abuse"
description: "The last time I saw animal ights campaigner Mel Broughton protesting the Oxford Animal Lab as part of the SPEAK campaign was at the Martyr’s Memorial in July 2007."
url: "https://imagesofprotest.uk/oxford-city-of-animal-abuse"
published: "2007-07-07T22:59:00Z"
updated: "2024-03-10T19:27:01Z"
authors: ["Michael-K"]
---

# Oxford: City of Animal Abuse

The last time I saw animal ights campaigner Mel Broughton protesting the Oxford Animal Lab as part of the SPEAK campaign was at the Martyr’s Memorial in July 2007.

![](https://imagesofprotest.uk/assets/uploads/6911c427dd5c2f34595686f0eec60b5d.JPG)

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/9bdeed39c391ef4a7eee8d883df9f451.jpg)

By December 2007 Broughton was [remanded in custody](https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1907101.activist-faces-fire-bomb-and-blackmail-charges/) facing charges of conspiracy to blackmail and the possession of incendiary devices. He faced a series of retrials before being sentenced to [10 years in prison](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jul/13/animal-rights-activist-mel-broughton-jailed) in 2010 for conspiracy to commit arson.

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/cb6294a0e762f5432412a9e36e313d4e.jpg)

Broughton was [released](https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/02/506135.html) in 2013 after serving 5 years, 1 month and 15 days of his sentence.

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/38afe1c9fd9e8cfcb962a97477bf0859.jpg)