website years_active birth_place party parents article_title name occupation organization
-lsb- http://www.fromdusktildawn.org.uk/ '' from dusk 'til dawn '' -rsb- 1982-present rochdale , greater manchester animal protection party doreen mann keith mann
 keith mann activist , writer animal liberation front
keith mann

keith mann is a british animal rights campaigner and writer , alleged by police in 2005 to be at the top of the animal liberation front -lrb- alf -rrb- movement .
he is the author of `` from dusk 'til dawn : an insider 's view of the growth of the animal liberation movement '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
he has acted as a spokesman for the alf , attracting the support of celebrities such as carla lane , celia hammond and benjamin zephaniah .
in 2006 , he was the subject of the yousaf ali khan documentary `` angels of mercy ? ''
which aired on channel 4 .
in 1994 , mann came to widespread public attention when he was sentenced to 14 years ' imprisonment as the result of a 1991 arrest for conspiracy to set meat lorries on fire .
after an escape from custody , he was found by police working in an animal sanctuary run by the celia hammond animal trust , which had employed him unaware of who he was .
though his sentence was reduced to 11 years on appeal , it is one of the longest sentences handed down to an animal rights activist in britain .
he told `` the guardian '' in 2005 that the government in the uk had undermined the right to protest , which had driven activists to engage in tactics such as economic sabotage .
he has since turned his attention to mainstream politics , and stood unsuccessfully for parliament in the oxford west and abingdon constituency for the animal protection party in the may 2010 general election .
he said the point of fielding animal rights candidates was not so much to gain power , but to have a voice in the election process .
