A WOMAN'S remains which were stolen from her grave may have been fed to guinea pigs by animal rights activists, it was claimed yesterday.
Police believe two people spent more than four hours digging up the body of Gladys Hammond, whose son-in-law breeds the animal s for medical research.
And last night, there was speculation that fanatics from the Animal Liberation Front may have been responsible and taken the outrage even further.
A source with links to the ALF said: 'There are no lengths that these people will not go to and feeding this poor woman to the guinea pigs is the sort of irony they would like.'
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Baker, heading the inquiry, refused to say which parts of the body had been had been taken during last Wednesday's raid on the grave in the cemetery of St Peter's Church in the village of Yoxall, Staffordshire.
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Police believe two people spent more than four hours digging up the body of Gladys Hammond, whose son-in-law breeds the animal s for medical research.
And last night, there was speculation that fanatics from the Animal Liberation Front may have been responsible and taken the outrage even further.
A source with links to the ALF said: 'There are no lengths that these people will not go to and feeding this poor woman to the guinea pigs is the sort of irony they would like.'
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Baker, heading the inquiry, refused to say which parts of the body had been had been taken during last Wednesday's raid on the grave in the cemetery of St Peter's Church in the village of Yoxall, Staffordshire.
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