Daily Mail, Thursday, August 1, 2019 Page 37
Gran’s body given
to science blown
up by military
A SON who donated his mother’s body to
medical research discovered it had been
sold to the US military and blown up.
Grandmother Doris Stauffer, 73, died five
years ago after a long battle with Alzhe-
imer’s, and her son Jim hoped his gesture
would assist research into the disease.
Her remains were left to the Biological
Resource Centre in Arizona under an
agreement that her brain would be
given to a neurological research group.
But years later Mr Stauffer learned her
body had been used in a US Army experi-
ment. It was strapped into a chair and an
bomb detonated beneath it.
Official documents say the experiment
was to ‘get an idea of what the human
body goes through’ when a vehicle trig-
gers an improvised explosive device.
Mr Stauffer said he had ticked a box
that excluded such tests. BRC and mili-
tary records show that at least 20 other
bodies were also used in the blast exper-
iments without permission of donors.
The donated bodies were all sold to
the military for £4,818 ($5,893) each.
Mr Stauffer is one of 33 plaintiffs named
in a lawsuit against BRC. Owner Stephen
Gore was convicted of operating an ille-
gal business in 2015 and jailed for a year.Two Barclays lawyers were crushed to
death under an avalanche in the Italian
Alps, an inquest was told yesterday.
Matt Ziegler, 43, and Katherine Clarke,
39, were late returning from the slopes on
the last day of their annual trip to
Courmayeur with the bank.
‘As Matt and Katherine often went off
skiing alone we were not worried,’ their
colleague Sarah Barker told St Pancras
coroner’s court in London.
But an hour later the group called in res-
cuers and a search began. The bodies were
found the next morning along with those
of two snowboarders. Miss Clarke, a New
Zealander living in north London, and Mr
Ziegler, from east London, were crushed
under three metres of snow.
Early reports from the Italian authori-
ties said the pair were skiing ‘off piste’ on
February 3. But relatives insist they were
on a marked ski run.
Coroner Mary Hassell said: ‘There is only
one possible determination, previously
called a verdict, and that is an accident.’Fears as N Korea
fires two missiles
NORTH Korea fired two short-range bal-
listic missiles yesterday, raising the
stakes for diplomats hoping to revive
efforts to persuade Pyongyang to give
up its nuclear weapons programmes.
The tests came weeks after the coun-
try’s leader Kim Jong-un and US Presi-
dent Donald Trump agreed to restart
stalled denuclearisation talks.
South Korea’s foreign minister Kang
Kyung-wha yesterday urged North
Korea to halt the launches.
The ballistic missiles flew about 155
miles after being fired from the Wonsan
area on North Korea’s east coast where
missiles were also launched last week,
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Lawyers killed
by avalanche
14,000 troops to form ‘cyber army’
By Larisa Brown
Defence and Security EditorTHE Army has created a division of
more than 14,000 soldiers to tackle
threats such as cyber-attacks and
myths spread online.
Soldiers from the secretive 77th Brigade
disinformation unit will combine forces with
electronic warfare and intelligence special-
ists to create the new 6th Division.
Based at Upavon in wiltshire, troops will
carry out tasks such as jamming enemy sig-
nals and disrupting communications.
It will also include soldiers on computers
working with GCHQ spies to take out inter-
net trolls and wage offensive cyber-attacks- such as erasing propaganda.
The 14,500-strong force is the first division
dedicated to tackling the blurred bounda-
ries between conventional and unconven-
tional warfare.
Lieutenant General Ivan Jones, who in his
role as Commander Field Army has respon-
sibility for preparing for new threats, said:
‘The character of warfare continues to
change. The Army must remain adaptable
and evolve as a fighting force.’
He said the intention was to ‘rebalance’
the Army’s formations in order to meet the
challenges of ‘constant competition’.
Lieutenant General Jones added: ‘The
speed of change is moving at a remarkable
rate and it will only get faster and morecomplex.’ The 6th Division, established
today, will focus on cyber, electronic war-
fare, intelligence, information operations
and unconventional warfare.
It will include 1st Signal Brigade, 11th Sig-
nal Brigade, 1st Intelligence Surveillance
and Reconnaissance Brigade, 77th Brigade
and the Specialist Infantry Group.
Army chiefs were disturbed in June when
Russian outlets spread fake information
about British troops behaving badly during
airborne exercises in Croatia.
Under the changes, the 1st Division
will take on responsibility for national con-
tingencies, including the evacuation of Brit-
ish nationals from war-torn areas. The 3rd
Division will remain the Army’s primary
armoured fighting force.Katherine Clarke and Matt ZieglerHigh living of the
£1m slave masters
Father and son
lured workers
and paid them
just £5 a week
claiming he could not afford to
pay those who worked for him in
a factory and at a car wash.
His son, 26, shared pictures
showing him driving a powerful
sports car and posing next to
other luxury vehicles including
a Range Rover and an Audi.
The images were in stark con-
trast with the miserable exist-
ence of the men they exploited,
who were forced to sleep on the
floors or in bunk beds in a
cramped house in Dover.
Up to 19 men at a time lived in
the four-bedroom house with
limited access to hot water, elec-threatened and beaten by the
father. His son recruited the
workers, often targeting home-
less men, drug addicts and alco-
holics sleeping rough in the
Czech Republic or Slovakia.Canterbury Crown Court heard
the men were put to work in a
tile factory and a car and truck
wash, where one said he had to
work 36 hours straight. They
used their meagre food budgetto make one basic meal a day,
which usually consisted of pasta
or potatoes in sauce.
officers from the Kent and
Essex Serious Crime Directo-
rate launched an investigation
after one of the workers went to
police in January last year. They
found an operation dating back
to 2007.
The Makulas, originally from
the Czech Republic, were con-
victed of modern slavery and
people trafficking offences fol-
lowing a three-month trial.
Jurors heard there could have
been dozens of victims, although
the charges related to 15 men
who were traced by police.
Detective Inspector James
Derham said: ‘They made no
secret of the fact they were living
the high life, posting images on
social media while flaunting the
proceeds of their crimes.
‘what was less obvious was the
harm they were causing to their
workers, who were forced to
endure horrendous living condi-
tions with virtually no money.’
Petr Makula was jailed for
eight and a half years, and his
son for four and a half years –
with Judge Rupert Lowe saying
Mario had been raised to think
exploiting people was ‘normal’.Spending: Petr Makula in Dubai and, right, his son’s jewelleryArrogant: Mario Makula in one of numerous poses with sports cars he posted onlineA FATHER and son who ran
a modern-day slavery ring
were caught after arrogantly
posing with sports cars and
gold jewellery.
Petr Makula and his son Mario lured
Eastern European men to Britain
with the promise of a job, good wages
and a better life.
In reality the recruits were forced to
work for a pittance and live in squalor
while the Makulas pocketed at least
£900,000 in wages meant for the workers.
Makula Sr, 48, posted photographs of
himself on luxury holidays in Dubai whileBy Vanessa Allen‘Flaunting their
proceeds’tricity or central heating, and
had to share a food budget of
just £100 a week.
In addition, rent was taken out
of their wages, leaving some
earning just £5 a week.
A court heard how the Maku-
las pocketed more than £27,000
in unpaid wages from a single
worker over four years.
Many of the workers spoke lit-
tle English and were virtually
prisoners as they had no money
or family and friends in Britain.
Those who spoke out were