DVLA man helped animal activists

A vehicle registration official who gave drivers' addresses to animal rights activists has been jailed for five months.

Barry Saul Dickinson, 34, of Manor Forstal, New Ash Green, Kent, was convicted at Stafford Crown Court of misconduct in a public office ...

...Insp Dave Bird of Staffordshire Police, said: "This was a breach of trust of the highest order - Dickinson abused his position as a public servant.

"Dickinson accessed DVLA computer systems to look up people's registration numbers.

"The information he passed on enabled animal rights extremists to identify, intimidate and terrorise the families of people connected to the Hall family and their lawful business at Darley Oaks Farm, Newchurch."