Press Round-Up – 6th February 2014 – F4J Campaigner Tim Haries Jailed
The Independent: Six month prison sentence for Fathers4Justice campaigner who defaced portrait of the Queen. Both the Howard League for Penal Reform and the anti-monarchy group Republic condemned the severity of Haries’s sentence.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/six-month-prison-sentence-for-fathers4justice-campaigner-who-defaced-portrait-of-the-queen-9110281.html
Daily Mirror: Fathers4Justice campaigner on HUNGER STRIKE after he is handed jail sentence for spray-painting ‘help’ on Queen’s portrait. Dad-of-two Tim Haries said: “I consider that as the custodial sentence is a politically motivated decision. I therefore now regard myself as a political prisoner”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fathers4justice-campaigner-tim-haries-handed-3115643#ixzz2sU8SQhin
Daily Mail: Fathers4Justice activist jailed for 6 months for defacing Queen image. A Fathers4Justice campaigner vowed to go on hunger strike today as he was sentenced to six months in prison for defacing a portrait of the Queen with paint in Westminster Abbey.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552223/Fathers4Justice-campaigner-defaced-Queen-portrait-hanging-Westminster-Abbey-purple-spray-paint-jailed-six-months.html
Daily Express: ‘Fathers4Justice’ vandal who graffitied portrait of the Queen jailed for six months. A FATHERS4JUSTICE campaigner has gone on hunger strike after being sentenced to six months in prison for spray painting ‘help’ on a £160,000 portrait of the Queen.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/458117/Fathers4Justice-vandal-who-graffitied-portrait-of-the-Queen-jailed-for-six-months
The Guardian: Fathers4Justice campaigner jailed for defacing Queen’s portrait. Tim Haries is given six-month sentence for writing ‘help’ with purple paint on picture in Westminster Abbey
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/05/fathers4justice-campaigner-jailed-defacing-queen-portrait-haries
Evening Standard: Fathers 4 Justice man jailed for defacing portrait of the Queen at Westminster Abbey
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fathers-4-justice-man-jailed-for-defacing-portrait-of-the-queen-at-westminster-abbey-9109348.html
Huffington Post: Tim Haries, Fathers4Justice Activist, Jailed For Defacing Painting Of Queen
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/05/tim-haries-fathers4justice-queen_n_4729376.html
ITV: Six months for Doncaster man who vandalised Queen’s portrait
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2014-02-05/six-months-for-doncaster-man-who-vandalised-queens-portrait/
Washington Post: British man jailed for defacing queen’s portrait
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/british-man-jailed-for-defacing-queens-portrait/2014/02/05/6846e370-8e61-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html
The Star: South Yorkshire Fathers4Justice protester jailed
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/south-yorkshire-fathers4justice-protester-jailed-1-6419818
MSN: Man jailed for defacing portrait
http://news.uk.msn.com/man-jailed-for-defacing-portrait
The Australian: Queen portrait vandal on hunger strike
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/queen-portrait-vandal-on-hunger-strike/story-fn3dxix6-1226819112437
ABC News: British Man Jailed for Defacing Queen’s Portrait
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/british-man-jailed-defacing-queens-portrait-22372211
His Honour Judge McCreath’s sentencing remarks in full.
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/sentencing-remarks-hhj-mccreath-r-v-haries.pdf
