Otis Ferry has been fined £350 and given a one-year conditional discharge after admitting a public order offence at a hunt in Gloucestershire. Ferry was charged with affray, robbery and assault after a dispute with two hunt monitors near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, in November 2007. The 26-year-old's not guilty pleas to those charges were accepted at …
Man pleads guilty in dog fighting case
View Video - WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS DISTRESSING SCENES OF A DEAD DOG A 'DOG lover' who pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to dogs has been banned from owning any animal. John Knibbs, 45, of Harrowby Hall Estate, Grantham, pleaded guilty to five charges at Grantham Magistrates Court on Monday, including failing to prevent two …
Huntsman cautioned for chasing hare in first case of its kind under Hunting Act
Hare. UK: Huntsman cautioned for chasing hare in first case of its kind under Hunting Act Nigel Bell was filmed chasing a hare by anti-hunt monitors in February this year and has been given a police caution Photo: GETTY Nigel Bell, 53, from the Wick and District Beagles, admitted the breach after he was filmed …
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Huntsman admits to illegal hare hunting
Nigel Bell from the Wick and District Beagles was interviewed by police yesterday where he admitted breaching the Hunting Act in February this year. Although a caution may seem like he has been let off, it is actually a very helpful step forward in our fight against illegal hunters. What this demonstrates is that the …
Date set for Clarissa Dickson-Wright hunt trial
A date has finally been set for the Scarborough trial of television chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright on hunting charges. Ms Dickson-Wright, of Midlothian in Scotland – who found fame as one half of the Two Fat Ladies – is accused of hunting hares with dogs and attending hare coursing events in March 2007. The offences are …
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Charges dropped
The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) has dropped its private prosecution of four members of the Isle of Wight Hunt, which was the last hunt prosecution adjourned pending a recent High Court judgment. LACS has confirmed it will not be continuing with the prosecution against Stuart Trousdale, Liam Thom, Jamie Butcher and Malcolm Purcell from …
Burnley badger digger avoids prison
A MAN who was chased by police after digging out a badger sett has avoided a jail sentence. Magistrates heard John Paul Fielden, 20, was caught by two officers in Cliviger after villagers spotted him and two friends interfering with a sett last August. Yesterday, Fielden, of Oxford Road, Burnley, was handed a 12-month prison …
Huntsman is jailed for assaults
A Devon huntsman has been jailed for assaulting two animal rights activists. Christopher Marles, 48, of Farringdon, had earlier admitted using his horse to knock Helen Weeks to the ground as she filmed the East Devon Hunt. He was serving a suspended sentence for attacking another hunt monitor when the second assault happened in March …
Three men fined for hare coursing
Three men have been fined for illegally hunting hares with dogs. Jason Bradford, 37, from Walsall, Tom Connors, 22, from Cardiff, and Brian Powell, 43, from Pontypool, were arrested near Faringdon last year. They were held as part of a crackdown on hare coursing in Oxfordshire called Operation Migrate. Bradford and Powell were fined £500 …
Three men fined for hare coursing
Jason Bradford, 37, from Walsall, Tom Connors, 22, from Cardiff, and Brian Powell, 43, from Pontypool, were arrested near Faringdon last year. They were held as part of a crackdown on hare coursing in Oxfordshire called Operation Migrate. Bradford and Powell were fined £500 and ordered to pay £315 costs at Oxford Magistrates Court. Connors …