Still sabbing the bastards
Bloodsports A huntsman was cleared of assaulting a hunt saboteur who grabbed a fox to protect it from hounds. John Hazeltine (32) of the East Devon Hunt was acquitted at Exeter magistrates court on 20/11/01 of attacking a hunt saboteur during a meeting of the hunt at Crammer Barton, near Cullompton. The saboteur told the court that …
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Dog Fighting The lawyer for a man accused in an alleged dog-fighting ring has asked the charges be thrown out because the investigating officer lost his notes. The lawyer for Kevin Monster (28) who is on trial for four charges of cruelty to animals, argued in Ontario Court of Justice that without the officer's notes, it's impossible …
Badgers A man watched in horror as he saw a badger being dragged from its sett and beaten with a spade, a court heard. The animal was being pulled by a rope from its den in Doynton, near Yate, surrounded by five terrier dogs which were snapping and biting at it. The man was alerted …
Living in social groups, badgers make their homes in a series of tunnels and chambers known as setts. Their diet consist mainly of earthworms, but the omnivorous badger will also take mice, rabbits, voles and small insects. Being largely nocturnal, food is gathered at night. Badgers are territorial and prefer well-drained areas, often on the …
Name - Yafano Les Address - 2 Vine Street, Middlesborough Convicted - Autumn 1992 Fine - £500 Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - John Haytey Notes - Yafano has a previous conviction for skinning cats. Both pleaded guilty to attempting to kill or injure a badger. Name - Yates Angela Address - …
Name - Underhill Richard Address - Abbey Lane, Southham, near Banbury Convicted - 11/9/97 and appealed on 12/1/98 Fine - 60 days Magistrates - Banbury then Oxford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - David Clark Notes - Banbury magistrates took only one hour to find them both guilty and gave them 60 day …
Name - Tailby Wayne Address - 16 Roecar Close, Old Whittington, Chesterfield Convicted - 13/11/87 Fine - £100 and £20 costs see below Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Mark Holtom and Robert Thompson Notes - All three had badger digging charges dropped. They said they were after rabbits. Tailby pleaded guilty …
Name - Sanderson Ronny Address - Halifax Convicted - ? Fine - £100 and £750 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of possession of badger parts under the Badgers Act and for possession of a tawny owl under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Magistrates heard how Sanderson …
Name - Rawlings Stephen Address - Bruntleigh Avenue, Latchford, Warrington Due to appear in court 26/9/87 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warrington Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - John Brocklehurst, Peter Daley and Allen Harrison Notes - Charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Raymont Stephen John Address - David …
Name - Palterman Stephen Hugh Address - Mikado Street, Penygraig Convicted - 31/1/85 Fine - £250 and costs Magistrates - Haverford Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Andrew Thomas, Jeffrey Nash, David Bartlett and Jeffrey Leyshon Notes - They said they were after foxes. Caught July 84. Found guilty of causing suffering to five dogs …
