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MONTH: January/February 2007
Watson acquittal reversed
Prince Edward Island Supreme Court Justice
Wayne Cheverie on November 29, 2006 overturned the April 2005 acquittal
of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson for allegedly
too closely approaching a seal kill.
Eleven other Sea Shepherd crew members were convicted of the charge, filed after seven of them were beaten on April 1, 2005 by members of the crew of the sealing vessel Brady Mariner. Watson escaped conviction under an exemption for people who witness seal kills from their homes, by contending that the Sea Shepherd flagship Farley Mowat was his permanent home.