The fast was to protest the poisoning of grape workers and their children by the dangerous chemicals growers used to kill insects.
VOA: special.2009.09.06
On the first day of the defence case Mick Philpott told the court that Amanda Cousins, the sister of Ms Willis, had threatened to kill his wife and theirchildren after the Philpotts had turned up at her home.
These not only kill and maim hundreds of people every year, but deter cyclists and pedestrians, especially children, from exercising their right to the road.