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26th April 2026 SEVEN men have been charged with hare coursing across rural land near Salisbury and Andover. In the early hours of Saturday morning (April 25), Wiltshire Police officers responded to an incident involving three vehicles reportedly hare coursing across rural land near Ludgershall. One of the vehicles was subsequently stopped following a pursuit on …
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24th April 2026 AN UNCLE and nephew who had admitted trespassing into a field in Saighton, near Chester, and hare coursing have been sentenced. James Callaghan, 48 and of Cliveden Road, Lache, and Connor Waring, 27 and of Surrey Road, Hoole, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court for sentence on Friday, April 24. Both Callaghan and …
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29th March 2026 TWO convicted hare poachers in Chester will return to court next month to be sentenced for doing it again. James Callaghan, 48, of Cliveden Road, and 27-year-old Connor Waring, of Sutton Road, both pleaded guilty to multiple charges at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday. They pleaded guilty to knowingly permit dog to …
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25th March 2026 Eight men have been sentenced after attending a hare coursing event at Keal Cotes, and one man has been sentenced after hare coursing at South Somercotes. Several reports of hare coursers were received on the morning of 2 December 2024, which led to a large police response across the south of the …
16th March 2026 Keith was from Rochdale and spent most of his time fighting for animal rights in and around the Manchester area. Keith Mann (1966–2025) devoted his life to advocating for animal and human liberation from all forms of injustice. Keith worked tirelessly to expose and alleviate cruelty, even at the cost of his …
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11th March 2026 TWO men from Thurrock who were among a group arrested and charged following police intervention at a reported hare-coursing event in Cambridgeshire have had all the charges against them dismissed. The pair pleaded not guilty after being charged following the police action in January last year when they swooped at the major …
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3rd March 2026 Two men have been found guilty of attending a large-scale hare coursing event in Cambridgeshire. Roy Lee, 27, of Barrowby Vale, Barrowby, Grantham, and Sam Sheady, 46, of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Clwyd, were found guilty of attending a hare coursing event on 25 January 2025 at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today (3 March). …
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26th February 2026 The man appeared in court today (Thursday, February 26). Another man has been found guilty of attending a large hare coursing event in Cambridgeshire. Benjamin Lee, 28, of Aspen Close, Walesby, Newark, was found guilty in Peterborough Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday, February 26) of attending a hare coursing event on January 25, …
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24th February 2026 A man has been prosecuted for hare coursing and lamping in Steppingley. According to Bedfordshire Police – once faced with overwhelming evidence – Leonard Curtis, from Dunstable, eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced on January 13 at Luton Magistrates’ Court to the following: 12-month community order 80 hours of unpaid work £199 …
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20th February 2026 A BARNSLEY man who was convicted of hare coursing following an incident on New Year’s Eve two years ago will be used as an example to deter others from following a similar path, a police force has warned. Elijah Boswell, of Smithies Lane’s caravan site, was charged following an incident in 2023 …
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