An animal rights activist who attempted to ‘free’ a crayfish by stealing it from a restaurant and throwing it into the sea has claimed she was the victim of a police ‘witch-hunt’ after being convicted of criminal damage.
Eco-warrior Emma Smart, 47, stormed into Catch at the Old Fish Market in Weymouth, Dorset to ‘liberate the lobster’, which she believed was going to be eaten.
However, the creature, which was not on the menu and was kept in a tank as a pet for ‘educational purposes’, would likely have died the moment it hit the cold water in the harbour.
