29th July 2025
Reports of hare coursing, criminal damage, and dangerous driving caused disruption and concerns in communities across Cambridgeshire in January. Now, 25 people have been charged.
Police have charged 25 people as part of an ongoing investigation into hare coursing and violent disorder that took place across Cambridgeshire earlier this year. The charges follow a series of coordinated arrests and seizures made in connection with an investigation into widespread criminal activity on Saturday, January 25.
The events, which included reports of hare coursing, criminal damage, and dangerous driving, caused significant disruption and concern in communities including Fordham, Ely, Prickwillow, Littleport, Welney, Chatteris, Manea, Wimblington and Doddington.
Supported by Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Thames Valley, West Mercia, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Northampton and Essex Police, as well as the National Rural Crime Unity (NRCU) and the National Wildlife Crime Unit, Cambridgeshire officers have carried out extensive inquiries in the weeks and months since. This includes arrest warrants across multiple counties.
A total of 43 individuals have been arrested. One young person was voluntarily interviewed. Of those people, 25 have been charged with a combination of 39 offences and will appear in court in September:
1. Quie Doherty, 19, of Gipsy Lane, Wellingborough, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
2. Benjamin Lee, 27, of High Meadow Farm, Melton Road, Barrow Upon Soar, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
3. Samuel Sheady, 45, of Heol Cefnydd, Wrexham has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
4. Miles Doran, 34, of Barlestone Road, Bagworth and Thornton, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
5. Roy Lee, 26, of Barrowby Vale, Grantham, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event, failing to comply with a traffic signal, driving a vehicle with the registration mark obscured and driving a motor vehicle in a dangerous condition. He will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
6. Anthony Coyle, 32, of Pilgrims Lane, Grays, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
7. Francis Coyle, 19, of Pilgrims Lane, Grays, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
8. Francie Doherty, 47, of Gipsy Lane, Wellingborough, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
9. Mark Harris, 20, of Romany Way Clay Lake, Spalding, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
10. Michael Stevenson, 25, of Fen Road, Cambridge, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
11. Bobby-James Harris, 18, of Romany Way Clay Lake, Spalding, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
12. John Lee, 23, of Fen Road, Cambridge, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and breaching a community protection notice and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
13. Mark Harris Senior, 48, of Romany Way Clay Lake, Spalding, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
14. Tom Bower, 27, of Beck Bank, Spalding, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event, failing to comply with a traffic signal, driving a vehicle with the registration mark obscured and driving a motor vehicle in a dangerous condition. He will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
15. Francie Lee, 22, of Fen Road, Cambridge, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
16. James Herne, 24, of Fen Road, Cambridge, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
17. Edward Stevenson, 26, of Fen Road, Cambridge, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
18. Mark Loveridge, 45, of Milton Close, Slough, has been charged with driving a motor vehicle in a dangerous condition and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
19. Fredrick Butcher, 51, of Chelmsford Road, Ingatestone, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
20. William Deadman Senior, 47, of Bickenhill Lane, Solihull, has been charged with theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
21. Freddy-Cole Butcher, 22, of Chelmsford Road, Ingatestone, has been charged with theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
22. Levi Lee, 36, of Basingstoke Road, Reading, has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
23. A 13-year-old boy, from Solihull, has been charged with theft from a shop, driving otherwise in accordance with a licence and driving with no insurance. He will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 19.
24. Tony Taylor, 23, of Sandy Lane, Stourport on Severn, has been charged with theft from a shop and will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on September 12.
25. A 26-year-old man (address unknown) has been charged with attending a hare coursing event and making off without payment. A first instance warrant has been issued.
Detective Inspector Matthew Selves, who has led the investigation, said: “We do not underestimate the impact January’s events had on our communities and the devastation they left behind. From the outset, we committed to a thorough investigation, and the charging of 25 individuals demonstrates the scale of our response and determination to hold those responsible to account.”
A further 17 people have been issued with Community Protection Warnings (CPW) and Community Protection Notices (CPN). These mean that the people who have received them must:
- Not to be in possession of, be in control of, or be in the company of any dog on private land without the owner’s written permission.
- When in possession of, in control of, or in the company of any dog, said dog must be on a lead.
- Not to be in a vehicle with any dog, whilst outside of a five-mile radius of your home address, unless for a pre-arranged veterinary appointment.
- Not to be in possession of a catapult or shot, such as ball bearing, and/or an air weapon or any part of an air weapon.
- You must not drive or be conveyed in a mechanically propelled vehicle onto private fields or agriculture field belonging to another person without written permission presentable to an officer.
- You must not use any public spaces, footpaths, bridleways or other such like areas belonging to the Local Authority or another unspecified person with the intention to hare course.
- You must not shout at, swear at, or intimidate any persons in the seven counties of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent.
1. A 39-year-old man from Lutterworth has been issued with a CPW.
2. A 27-year-old man from Nottingham has been issued with a CPW.
3. A 26-year-old man from Wellingborough has been issued with a CPN.
4. A 43-year-old man from Wellingborough has been issued with a CPW.
5. A 21-year-old man from Slough has been issued with a CPW.
6. A 37-year-old man from Eastleigh has been issued with a CPW.
7. A 47-year-old man from Solihull has been issued with a CPN
8. A 26-year-old man from Melton Mowbray has been issued with a CPW
9. A 28-year-old man from Colchester has been issued with a CPN
10. A 17-year-old boy from Staines-Upon-Thames has been issued with a CPW.
11. A 22-year-old man from Stourport-on-Severn has been issued with a CPW.
12. A 22-year-old man from Ingatestone has been issued with a CPW
13. A 19-year-old man from Slough has been issued with a CPN.
14. A 21-year-old man from Slough has been issued with a CPW.
15. A 23-year-old man from Stourport has been issued with a CPW.
16. A 40-year-old man from Stourport-on-Severn has been issued with a CPW.
17. A 17-year-old boy from Ingatestone has been issued with a CPW.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/names-25-people-charged-hare-32157601
HOPE THEY THROW THE BOOK AT THE EVIL BASTARDS, THEY WANT LOCKING AWAY SO THEY CAN DO NO HARM TO ANIMALS ANY MORE THEY ARE FILTHY SCUM.