1st November 2022
A BRADFORD City player has been fined for taking part in ‘barbaric’ hare coursing in the countryside.
Kian Harratt, who is currently on loan at Valley Parade from West Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town, appeared in court today.
Harratt and two others committed the daytime poaching offence in East Yorkshire earlier this year.
Harratt was on loan at Port Vale at the time when the crime was committed.
Humberside Police said that officers stopped a vehicle on farmland in the Wressle area, near Howden, on April 3 and three men were dealt with for Game Act offences.
They were all convicted at Beverley Magistrates Court on 26th October of daytime poaching under Section 30 of the Game Act 1831.
* Kian Harratt, 20, of Craven Road, Pontefract, was fined £830 and ordered to pay £150 in costs and a victim surcharge of £83
*Billy Haigh, 20, of Main Street, South Heindley, Barnsley, was fined £519 and ordered to pay £150 in costs and a victim surcharge of £52
*Codie Colin Smith, 18, of Frickley Bridge Lane, Brierley, Barnsley, was fined £173 and ordered to pay £150 in costs and a victim surcharge of £34.
Rural Task Force Sergeant Kevin Jones said: “This conviction shows that the Rural Task Force will deal strongly with those offenders that visit our Force area to commit hare coursing offences.
“We will not tolerate the barbaric act of hare coursing, not only causing unimaginable suffering to our wildlife but also causing issues for local landowners who are often the subject of antisocial behaviour and damage to their land and property.”
Kian Harratt evil bastard, fine example to youngsters. He should loose his job and be locked up for a good few years.