30th April 2026
A trial date has been set for five men accused offences related to hare coursing.
John Price, 26, William Manning, 30, Charles Smith, 33, Edward Price 40, and James Evans, 34, all deny the four charges put to them when they appeared at Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (April 29)
They were each charged with:
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- Trespassing with intent to search for or to pursue hares with dogs at Frith Bank, Frithville
- Being equipped for searching or for pursuing hares with dogs with items – including a Nissan Navara 4×4 vehicle, three sight hounds, £998.65 in cash and three mobile phones – at Frith Bank, Frithville.
- Criminal damage to farmland valued at £75 in Frithville.
- Criminal damage to farmland valued at £100 in Frithville.
All charges are alleged to have taken place on October 26 last year.
John Price, of Picton Avenue, Runcorn, Cheshire, Manning, of Sleaford Road, Beckingham, Smith, of Manor Park, Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire, Edward Price, of Black Cross Lane, Newton Le Willows, St Helens, Merseyside, and Evans, of Sleaford Road, Beckingham, will face a two-day trial at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Friday, October 16 and Monday, October 19.
All five were released on unconditional bail.
The way the law is in this country they will no doubt get a fine and be at it again. Bring back cat of nine tails for filth like this, get rid of all this ridiculous human rights and give scum like this hell. I would tie them to a tree and beat hell out of them.