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Sexual assault charges dropped on day of trial AN Ollerton farmer has expressed his relief after charges he faced for allegedly sexually assaulting two women were dropped when prosecutors found new evidence. Andrew Callwood, of Manor Farm, Seven Sisters Lane, was due to stand trial at Chester Crown Court on Monday charged with common assault …
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Published on Oct 18, 2013 Zsa Roggendorff chaired a bench of magistrates that passed sentence on Nick Bycroft, huntsman of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, on 17 Sept 2013. This was for a Hunting Act offence. She admitted being a neighbour of the defendant , but earlier footage showing hunting on "her land" indicates that …
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Sentences for six Darlington men on animal welfare charges Tuesday 17th September 2013 in News By Alexa Copeland, Reporter (Darlington) From left to right: Jack Tenwick, Brandon Coulton, Thomas Richardson, Marcus Hall, Damon Dodsworth and Liam Crang A GANG who posed for a Facebook photograph holding up a fox killed by their dogs have been …
Case shows Hunting Act 2004 can, and does, work Four members of the Middleton Foxhounds, a registered fox hunt based at Malton, in North Yorkshire, today pleaded guilty in respect of the illegal hunting of a fox in December 2012, following footage obtained by the League Against Cruel Sports during a hunt meet at Full …
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Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Three men convicted of taking away a live badger have been resentenced by a court. The trio were convicted at the city’s magistrates’ court in May of illegally taking a live badger – a protected species – from a wood at Burthwaite, near Carlisle. They launched an appeal against that conviction, …
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Make 'townies' take an exam in rural affairs before they are allowed to vote, says David Gower Mr Gower attacked politicians who are ‘allergic to grass’, saying they make unpopular decisions about countryside matters Defended the controversial pursuits of fox hunting and pheasant shooting, saying they provided an effective form of pest control and conservation …
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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/carlisle-badger-arrest-gang-claim-they-had-fox-1.1070685 Carlisle badger-arrest gang claim they had fox Tuesday, 16 July 2013 Three Carlisle men have accused two police officers of not knowing the difference between a fox and a badger. The men were all convicted at the city’s magistrates’ court in May of illegally taking a live badger – a protected species – from …
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28 June 2013 Four member of the Middleton Hunt, including the Huntsman and the Whipper-in, have been summonsed to appear at Court on 15 July 2013 for offences under the Hunting Act 2004 and the Animal Welfare Act 2006. A report was made to Humberside Police by The League following an incident on land near …
28 June 2013 William Staines has been summonsed to appear before Canterbury & St. Augustine Magistrates’ Court on Friday 28th June 2013, charged with an offence of Interfering with a badger sett. The case is based upon surveillance evidence provided by League investigators in respect of an incident which is alleged to have occurred on …
Andrew Callwood is the whipper-in for the Cheshire Forest Hunt Friday 28th June 2013 in News By Emma Rigby AN Ollerton man has pleaded not guilty to sex offences against two women. Andrew James Callwood, of Manor Farm, Seven Sisters Lane, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Monday, June 24 for a plea and case …
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