Chauffeur's 'revenge' on animal tests firm

A chauffeur sacked by one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies took revenge by handing out confidential staff details to a radical animal rights group, a court heard today.

Mark Moore, 41, allegedly sent the names and addresses of 53 employees from Eli Lilly to the protest group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (Shac), which then targeted the staff in hate campaigns, Winchester Crown Court was told.

Moore, from Basingstoke, was dismissed as a driver for the firm - a customer of research firm Huntingdon Life Sciences - for making an unauthorised debit on a company credit card.

He and three Shac members deny conspiracy to cause a public nuisance and to pursue conduct causing fear of violence. Moore also denies disclosure of personal data.

The case continues.