30th July 2021
On Friday 23 July, three men appeared at Hull Magistrates Court for offences under Section 1 of the Night Poaching Act 1828 following an incident on Thursday 18 February.
Jason Thacker (29) of Forber Avenue, Hull, Louis Whiteley (24) of Marvel Street, Hull and Jordon Rispin (24) of Portobello Street, Hull appeared before the court and entered a guilty plea.
The court heard how on Thursday 18 February at approximately 11:30pm the three men trespassed on farmland between Humbelton and Sproatley, East Yorkshire for the purpose of gaming. The men were also found to be in possession of equipment commonly used for poaching purposes.
All three man were each ordered to pay a £360 fine as well as £85 in costs.
Rural Task Force Police Constable Kevin Jones said: “I hope this conviction sends out another strong message to those who are involved in wildlife crime.
“I am grateful to the local members of Farmwatch for their assistance and partnership throughout this investigation which has resulted in another conviction under Poaching legislation.
“We will not tolerate this illegal activity and will continue to pro-actively work alongside our partners and farm watch community tackling these crimes.
https://www.humberside.police.uk/news/three-men-convicted-under-poaching-act
amazing how time after time after time people who kill badger, hares, pheasants etc get caught and fined – but then of course they tend to be the workers not the gents and ladies of the land, yet those who kill fox and deer never, even when caught, ever get fined…….. discrimination or what. nothing has changed then since Victorian times
SCUM LIKE THIS MURDERING INNOCENT WILD LIFE WANT LOCKING AWAY THEY ARE A DISGRACE AND NO GOOD TO SOCIETY THEY ARE JUST EVIL FILTHY MURDERING PARASITES.
Morons like these should be locked up they are no good to anything. They are absolutely disgusting. They should bring in HARD LABOUR teach these scum a real lesson. We are far to easy on such filth.😡😡😡😡😡😡
The sentences for these criminals are so ridiculous they should come down hard on them or they just continue hit them hard in there pockets.😡😡😡😡😡