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Trial Report from Leeds Crown Court

Monday 14th July.

To the shock of the court and members of the BPP attending court in support of the ‘Heretical 2’, neither of the defendants appeared in court on the 14th and warrants for their arrest were issued. We have it on good authority that both Simon and Steve have emigrated to a country without an extradition treaty with the UK and will be carrying on the struggle from there. Well done lads, that’s one in the eye for ZOG!

In their absence, the jury found the “Heretical Two”, Simon Sheppard and Steve Whittle, aka Luke O’Farrell, guilty on one more count, and Sheppard alone guilty on a second count, this time by a majority of ten to one (a juror having been discharged early in the trial after she broke her ankle). The jury had unanimously found Sheppard guilty on nine counts and Whittle on four on Friday 11th July.

The jury were unable to agree a verdict on the remaining seven counts (with which Sheppard alone is charged) after more than four days of deliberation.

All the counts upon which the "Heretical Two" have been convicted relate to postings on a web site hosted in Torrance, California. The counts on which the jury were unable to agree included distributing Tales of the Holohoax and Sheppard’s own newspaper, Don’t be Sheeple.

In scenes reminiscent of the first Griffin trial in the same court at Leeds, prosecuting counsel, Jonathan Sandford, immediately leapt to his feet and told the judge, His Honour Judge Grant, that the prosecution would seek a re-trial of Sheppard. Judge Grant has listed the matter for a further hearing on 28th July, when the prosecution will ask the judge to sentence the Heretical Two in their absence, if they have not by then surrendered to custody.