Four North East men charged in cockfighting investigation by police and RSCPA

20th June 2018 Four men have been charged with cockfighting after a rural raid by police and the RSPCA. The men, who come from Durham and Northumberland , were arrested at a countryside location in North Yorkshire in connection with alleged cockfighting. The raid in Hambleton on January 13 was launched as part of an …

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Suspended sentences and community service - that’s the punishment for attempted murder if you’re a hunt supporter Fox hunt supporters given suspended prison sentences for brutal attack on League investigators Posted 14th June, 2018 Two men received suspended prison sentences today at Leicester Crown Court for seriously assaulting two League Against Cruel Sports professional investigators …

3 men deny affray charges at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court

13th June 2018 TWO Ryedale men and a man from East Yorkshire have appeared in court charged with affray. Richard Robertson Tierney, 30, of Cross Lane in Snainton, Robert Howard Robertson Tierney, 56, also of Cross Lane in Snainton, and Roger Marley, 50, of Church Lane in Langtoft, East Yorkshire, all appeared at Scarborough Magistrates’ …

Revealed: Badger cull costs taxpayer £831,0000 – or £1,000 for every animal killed

9th June 2018 New figures show policing the badger cull in one county alone has cost the public purse more than £831,000 in the last year. A Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request from the Wounded Badger Patrol Cheshire was originally rejected by Cheshire Police, after officers said they did not hold the figures. But …