A MAN who was chased by police after digging out a badger sett has avoided a jail sentence. Magistrates heard John Paul Fielden, 20, was caught by two officers in Cliviger after villagers spotted him and two friends interfering with a sett last August. Yesterday, Fielden, of Oxford Road, Burnley, was handed a 12-month prison …
Huntsman is jailed for assaults
A Devon huntsman has been jailed for assaulting two animal rights activists. Christopher Marles, 48, of Farringdon, had earlier admitted using his horse to knock Helen Weeks to the ground as she filmed the East Devon Hunt. He was serving a suspended sentence for attacking another hunt monitor when the second assault happened in March …
Three men fined for hare coursing
Three men have been fined for illegally hunting hares with dogs. Jason Bradford, 37, from Walsall, Tom Connors, 22, from Cardiff, and Brian Powell, 43, from Pontypool, were arrested near Faringdon last year. They were held as part of a crackdown on hare coursing in Oxfordshire called Operation Migrate. Bradford and Powell were fined £500 …
Three men fined for hare coursing
Jason Bradford, 37, from Walsall, Tom Connors, 22, from Cardiff, and Brian Powell, 43, from Pontypool, were arrested near Faringdon last year. They were held as part of a crackdown on hare coursing in Oxfordshire called Operation Migrate. Bradford and Powell were fined £500 and ordered to pay £315 costs at Oxford Magistrates Court. Connors …