Sparky Joe Bradford, Billy Bradford and Dean Northage have been handed ten year bans.
9th August 2024
Three men have been banned from entering the East Midlands with a dog or in the company of anyone with a dog. Billy Bradford, Sparky Joe Bradford and Dean Northage have been handed 10-year Criminal Behaviour Orders after they pleaded guilty to offences under the Deer Act.
The trio had been charged with taking a deer at night after the animal was found in the rear of a vehicle stopped by Lincolnshire Police at Dry Doddington on January 7, 2024.
All three were sentenced at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 8. Billy Bradford, 22, and Sparky Joe Bradford, 18, both of Cross Street, Langold, near Worksop; and Dean Northage, 29, of Herrick Drive, Worksop, were handed Criminal Behaviour Orders for 10 years.
During this time they must not enter Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire or Nottinghamshire between 1 August and 30 April with, or in the company of anyone with dogs of any breed. They must also not be in any of those five counties with any instruments to be used for poaching, such as lamps or thermal cameras, either in the day or night-time.
All of their equipment was forfeited, and each was fined £646 to cover kenneling fees, plus £85 costs and a £258 surcharge. A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will be sentenced for the same offence at a later date.
Det Con Aaron Flint, the dedicated wildlife crime officer for Lincolnshire Police said: “This case and the subsequent result goes to show that Lincolnshire Police takes rural crime seriously and we work hard to protect our rural communities and our wildlife, day and night.
“We will not tolerate criminals entering our county to target our wildlife or our hard-working farmers. With the creation of the Rural Crime Action Team we have made Lincolnshire a very hostile place for those who wish to enter our borders and commit crime.
“Our message is, if you come to Lincolnshire to commit crime, we will catch you and you will be prosecuted.”
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/trio-banned-entering-east-midlands-9471111
Glad these scum have got the ban but personally think they should have had their dogs taken away from them and banned for ever having dogs again, parasites like this will go elsewhere to murder innocent animals. As for not being able to name a 15 year old is just ridiculous if they are criminals they should be named no matter what age they are what sort of person is he going to grow into?????