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Badger Baiters A-L The following information is taken from press clippings about the various court cases. Therefore some of the information might be out of date, such as address's. Listed By Surname First Name - Addison William Address - Tennyson Place, Great Harwood Convicted - ? Fine - £10 and £2 costs Magistrates - Knutsford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - William Dewhurst, James Swindlehurst, Kevin Barski and Anthony Latham Notes - The police stopped a car on the M6 at Bexton and found two badgers and eight dogs inside. They were all found guilty of having live badgers in their possession. They said they had been fox hunting in the Staffordshire area. Name - Aird Julian Mark Address - Westward Road, Boughton Heath, Chester Convicted - January 1987 Fine - £150 and £25 costs and £7.50 witness expenses Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Darren Hickey Notes - Caught 31/8/86. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Claimed they had been hare coursing with their terriers. Name - Agar Colin Address - Skippers Meadow, Ushaw Moor Convicted - 13/6/86 Fine - £300 and £91 costs Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Ronald Naisbett and David Jones Notes - They said they were after foxes. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 8/9/85. They pleaded not guilty to injuring a badger and the charge was dismissed. Mr Norman Laidman defended all three. Name - Ali Brian Address - 2 Dowson House, Bower Street, London E1 Convicted - June 1984 Fine - £250 and £140.60 costs Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Aged 33 Also convicted - Raymond Ali and Anthony Faulkner Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger Name - Ali Raymond Address - 124 Malmesbury Road, Bow, London E3 Convicted - June 1984 Fine - £250 and £140.60 costs Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Aged 29 Also convicted - Brian Ali and Anthony Faulkner Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger Name - Anderson Paul Dunbar Address - 40 Selwyn Street, Stoke-on-Trent Convicted - 12/10/90 Fine - £200 Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Gareth Williams and Ian Johnson Notes - Claimed they were out hunting foxes. They dug a 8ft hole down into the badger sett. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught December 1989. They had been given permission to dig for foxes. Name - Anson Daniel Address - Wood Farm Close, Stannington, Sheffield Convicted - 29/9/89 Fine - £350 and £25 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Mark and Paul Gregory and Graham Whalen Notes - Caught 15/1/89. They all claimed they were after foxes. All defended by Mr Michael Whitworth, but found guilty of digging for badgers. Whalen also admitted a further charge of threatening behaviour after he went to the R.S.P.C.A. kennels to get his two terriers back, he was bound over for 1 year in the sum of £100. All had their terriers taken away. Name - Anson Daniel Address - Woodfarm Close, Stannington Convicted - 1/10/93 Fine - £1,250 Magistrates - Sheffield Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Martin Thomas Notes - Found guilty of obstructing a badger sett. Anson was cleared of assaulting a policeman. They said they were looking for foxes. Name - Aram Darryl Address - 16 Parkhall Road, Mansfield Convicted - 1986 Fine - £400 and £20 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Martin Groves and Andrew Mitchell Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 6.00am August Bank Holiday Monday. They said they were looking for foxes. Name - Archer Paul Address - Snave Close, Liverpool Convicted - 14/11/97 Fine - 200 hours community service and £200 costs Magistrates - Stockport Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Steven Taplin and Stanley Young Notes - They were all found guilty on 14/11/97 of interfering with a badger sett and causing unnecessary suffering to a fox. Young was also found guilty of cruelty to his terrier. Stockport magistrates heard over four days how the three were spotted by a woman walking her dog at Ladybrook Valley near Bramhall, Cheshire last February. In court a vet told how he had examined a fox that was found at the scene. It was still warm, had ‘pretty horrendous injuries’ and had bled to death. The court also heard how a greyhound and two terriers were injured, and one of the terriers had such serious injuries that it required three operations to repair the damage to the lower jaw. The three said in court how they had travelled to Stockport to hunt foxes because there were none in Merseyside (yeah right!!!). Taplin also told the court that they would not have dug at the sett if they believed badgers were inside. He also disagreed that the fox had been savaged by the dogs. “What do you think they did? Give it a kiss?” asked the prosecution. Taplin also stated it was a duty to kill foxes “because they are vermin”. All three were sentenced to over 200 hours community service and ordered to pay £200 costs each. Young also had to forfeit his terrier and was banned from keeping dogs for two years. Name - Ashworth Richard Address - Haslam Street, Bury Convicted - 13/3/81 Fine - £50 and £15 costs Magistrates - Runcorn Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Bill Holden and Paul Smith Notes - They were all found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 25/9/80. A photograph taken at the time was developed and showed a dog taking hold of a live badger. They said they were after foxes. All defended by Mr Robert Crawford. Name - Atkins Richard Alan Address - Elmsleigh Green, Swadlincote Convicted - 23/3/99 Fine - 2 months Magistrates - Coalville Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Lee Robert Burton Notes - Two men found guilty of digging for a badger have been jailed for two months. Lee Robert Burton and Richard Alan Atkins were found guilty on 23/3/99 of digging for a badger after a five-day trial at Coalville magistrates. Police were called and after a chase Burton and Atkins were caught. Both men refused to give their names and Burton threatened an officer with a spade he was carrying. Three dogs were also found on the site they all had scratches on their faces. Other equipment such as a ferret finder, shovels and knives were also recovered nearby. A dead badger was found at the scene and the body was still warm. When they were taken to their new home there was a concrete badger on the front garden which all three dogs immediately attacked. Both men were sentenced to two months in prison. Magistrates ordered all equipment recovered by police to be destroyed and disqualified both men from owning a dog for three years. The three dogs had since been found new homes by the police. Name - Atkinson David Address - King Edwards Crescent, Oxford, Leeds In court 10/10/95 Charges dropped Magistrates - Dublin Age/D.O.B - 38 Also charged - Graham Evans and Paul Cunningham Notes - All three were freed after charges of cruelly treating and causing unnecessary suffering to three terriers were dismissed. They were arrested on 9/10/95 at Dublin's North Wall ferry terminal after a tip-off. Judge Desmond Hogan ruled the charges had been incorrectly brought, as they did not specify where the offence took place. "As far as I am concerned they could have taken place on the moon" he said. Three dogs with horrific injuries had to be put down "on humane grounds" one had its lower jaw torn and this had become infected; another was blind; while a number had pus coming from their mouths, as well as deep lacerations to the face. Four surviving dogs, which included a six week old pup, were moved to a secret location. Name - Atkinson Terrance Address - Malvern Crescent, Seaham In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Alan Bell, William Rochester and Jeffrey Hepple Notes - Caught April 86. Travelled 30 miles to the reservoir. Found not guilty of digging for badgers, they said they were after foxes, all given £7 expenses Name - Baines Kevin Address - Fackley Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield Convicted - 15/5/84 and appealed 13/12/84 Fine - £500 and £236 costs, fine cut at appeal to £250 and ordered to pay a further £100 costs Magistrates - Alfreton and Derby Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Philip Harrison, Lewis Edwards, Paul Cartwright and David Morris Notes - All found guilty of attempting to injure or take a badger from a sett and digging for badgers. Caught July 1883. All defended by Mr John Winch, they all said they were looking for badgers. Name - Bales Albert Address - Windy Bank Estate, High Town, Liversedge Convicted - 4/4/89 Fine - £400 and £67 costs Magistrates - Uttoxeter Age/D.O.B - 51 Also convicted - Thomas Turner and Alan Webster Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and attempting to take a badger. Barry Peachy gave evidence for the defence. Mr Charles Auld defended both of them. Name - Ball Alan Address - St Ratigunds Road, Dover Convicted - ? Fine - £600 and £50 costs Magistrates - Dover Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Stephen Hutchinson and Ian Tull Notes - Caught 31/10. All found guilty of digging for badgers. Ian Tull failed to show up in court and sent a sick note which the court refused to accept. Name - Barry Martin Address - The Avenue, Gouilon, Abergavenny Convicted - 24/8/88 Fine - £150 and £50 costs Magistrates - Gloucester Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Trevor Barry (brother) Notes - Both found guilty of cruelty to a fox. A policeman watched on as five dogs ripped a fox to pieces for ten minutes. Trevor Barry also has a conviction for badger offences in the Forest of Dean. Name - Barry Trevor and Martin Address - Ridge Cottage, Llamfoist, Abergavenny Convicted - 24/8/88 Fine - Trevor - £200 and £50 costs, Martin - £150 and £50 costs Magistrates - Gloucester Age/D.O.B - Trevor 37, Martin 25 Also convicted - Notes - They were both found guilty of cruelty to a fox. The fox was held up by its tail by Trevor Barry while five dogs (three terriers and two Lurchers) savaged it, this lasted for ten minutes. After the dogs tired he picked up a branch and clubbed the fox to death. Trevor Barry said he has been catching foxes for 25 years and selling their skins to a fur company, claimed there was no mark on the fox except a lump on its head where he hit it. Trevor Barry also has a conviction for badger dogging offences in the Forest of Dean 2/7/88. Name - Barry Trevor Noel Address - 5 Bridge Cottages, Llanfoist, Abergavenny Convicted - 2/7/88 and appealed and lost 9/11/88 Fine - £520 and £103.36 costs and after the appeal the fine was increased by £100. Magistrates - Coleford Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. (Barry Peachy gave evidence for the defence.) At his appeal Barry said when he was caught he had a sack of fox cubs which he reared and sold to the Monmouthshire Hunt based near Llanover, who fed them up for hunting. Mr Glyn Powell of the hunt said the allegations were "totally and absolutely not true". Name - Barski Kevin Address - Scott Close, Oswaldtwistle Convicted - ? Fine - £10 and £2 costs Magistrates - Knutsford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - William Dewhurst, James Swindlehurst, William Addison and Anthony Latham Notes - The police stopped a car on the M6 at Bexton and found two badgers and eight dogs inside. They were all found guilty of having live badgers in their possession. They said they had been fox hunting in the Staffordshire area. Name - Bebbington Paul Anthony Address - 146 Ruskin Road, Crewe Convicted - Late 86 and appealed 27/3/87 Fine - £1000 and £30 costs and 24 weeks youth custody for theft of seven canaries, the fine was cut to £200 at appeal Magistrates - Crewe and Mold Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 20 Notes - Found guilty of injuring and ill-treating a badger. Had his three terriers taken away. Long record of theft of birds and other animals over the past seven years. Mr Andrew Henderson defended him. Judge Eifion Roberts was at Mold Crown Court, he said Bebbington could have his three terriers back. Name - Beecroft John Address - Haywood Farm, Westbury, Shrewsbury Convicted - 3/11/92 Fine - £800 and £300 costs Magistrates - Shrewsbury Age/D.O.B Notes - Found guilty of using a poison (sodium cyanide) on his land to kill badgers. Defended by Mr John Lasserty. He said he was trying to kill foxes. Name - Bell Alan Address - Malvern Crescent, Seaham In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Terrance Atkinson, William Rochester and Jeffrey Hepple Notes - Caught April 86. Travelled 30 miles to the reservoir. Found not guilty of digging for badgers, they said they were after foxes, all given £7 expenses. Name - Bennet Vincent Address - Wheatfield Close, Fazakerley, Liverpool Convicted - Appealed 11/11/82 Fine - £20 increased to £75 after the appeal Magistrates - Wirral then Liverpool Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 17 Notes - Caught 27/2/82. He said he was after foxes and rabbits. Found guilty of unlawfully attempting to take a badger. Name - Billington John Address - 63 Victoria Road, Garswood, Wigan Convicted - 6/8/87 Fine - £200 and £25 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Mark Tempest, Peter Noon, Thomas Cunliffe and David Boffey Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for badgers. They were fined £100 on each charge. Defended by Mr Richard Heap. Name - Bingham Neil Keith Address - Pateley Moor Crescent, Darlington Convicted - 30/7/96 Fine - £1,000 and £470 costs Magistrates - Northallerton Age/D.O.B - 24 Notes - The court heard how a local had visited the sett in January 1996 while out walking one evening and noticed a van parked nearby with cages and spades in the back. Dog noises could be heard coming from the sett and he also noticed the top had been disturbed. The police were then called. When the police arrived they saw three men walking towards a wood. Later on Bingham approached a PC at the scene and said he was looking for his dog. Michael Wilson, defending, said Bingham had been out chasing foxes (there goes that old excuse again) with some friends when his dog had got trapped down a hole. He said Bingham did not know it was a badger sett and added “It was done unwittingly and he had full co-operated with the police”. However, examination of the sett later had showed one entrance had been enlarged while two others had been blocked by lumps of concrete. A terrier that was found nearby after the incident had various wounds and scars in the nasal area. It is now in a safe RSPCA home. Bingham was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £470 costs, banned from keeping dogs for 5 years and had all his equipment, including nets and tracking devices confiscated. Name - Bird Mark Address - Stevenage In court - ? Not guilty Magistrates - Welwyn Age/D.O.B - 27 Also charged - Anthony McLaughlin Notes - There were both seen going into the woods with terriers and spades by a keen naturalist. But found not guilty because no badger hairs could be found on any of their equipment/terriers. After the court case they said they would still hunt foxes but with a proper hunt. Name - Birt Michael Address - Rossendale In court 19/2/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 21 Also charged - John Settle Notes - Caught 30/5/87. The land owner Mr Irvine told the court he only let people on the land to kill foxes, and last year they killed 125. Name - Blackledge Paul Norman (Official contact for the F & M.W.T.C. mid Lancs area - Shooting News 2/8 June 1989. New contact now Mick Courtney Shooting news 17/23 April 1992. Address - 103 Blackburn Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn Convicted - 27/1/90 Fine - 4 months and £2000 fine or 2 days in prison. Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Steven Fishwick, Gordon Grimshaw, David Travis and Sean Nightingale Notes - Found guilty of attempting to dig a badger and digging a badger, also causing unnecessary suffering to dogs. Banned from keeping dogs for 10 years. All the terriers had skin infections. The day after the incident the farmer Mr William Towers said 3 men asked him to sign a piece of paper saying he gave them permission to dig on his land. Also banned from keeping dogs for life. Name - Blakeman Keith Address - Friar Road, West Heath, Birmingham Convicted - 9/12/95 Fine - 50 hours community service and £750 costs Magistrates - Redditch Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Mark Hadley Notes - Both were found guilty of interfering with a badger sett. They were caught 12/2/95. They were found by police digging at a hole, but both claimed they were trying to get a dog out that had gone down it. It was claimed in court that the RSPCA had political motives in prosecuting the two men, as it was part of the charity's opposition to fieldsports. Both defended by Richard Griffiths. Name - Boffey David Address - 2 Barton Street, Goldbourne, Wigan Convicted - 6/8/87 Fine - £200 and £25 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Mark Tempest, John Billington, Peter Noon and Thomas Cundliffe Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for badgers. They were fined £100 on each charge. Defended by Mr Richard Heap. Name - Bottom Peter Alfred (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 15 Blythe Close, Whiston, Rotherham Convicted - 7/5/87 Fine - £100 and £165 costs Magistrates - Rotherham Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Morris Cornthwaite, Alan Green, David Watson, Thomas Eyre and Roy Winfindale Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. A charge of attempting to kill a badger was dropped. Name - Bottom Peter Alfred (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 15 Bltyhe Close, Whiston, Rotherham Convicted - 15/6/87 Fine - £500 and £28.35 costs Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 20/8/64 Also convicted - Alan Green and Morris Cornthwaite Notes - Caught 20/12/86. All pleaded guilty to digging for badgers. They also have a conviction for badger offences from May 87. The same sett was the subject of a digging case on 12/4/85. See Howard Carr. Name - Bowwerdale Lawerence Address - Seaview Place, Cleator Moor Convicted - 21/3/89 Fine - £120 Magistrates - Whitehaven Age/D.O.B - Aged 24 Notes - Caught poaching hares Name - Bradder John Address - Daylands Avenue, Conisborough Convicted - 30/7/84 Fine - £150 and £135 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Trevor Jackson, Terence Calladine and David Walker Notes - They all said they were after foxes. All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, accept David Walker who pleaded guilty, so only £20 costs. Name - Bradley Martin Jeffery Address - Lincoln Road, Sidemoor, Bromsgrove Convicted - 26/2/87 and appealed 19/5/87 Fine - £400 and £100 costs cut in half at appeal Magistrates - Bromsgrove and Worcester Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - John Collins, Mark Poyser and John Whitehouse Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. Defended by Amanda Pittaway and Nick Doherty. Bradleys dog Toby was forfeited. At appeal Judge Michael Mott cut their fines in half on a legal technicality after agreeing they should have been fined for one charge not two. Bradley also asked for his dog back, but was refused. Name - Bradley Martin Address - 88 Charford Road, Charford, Bromsgrove Convicted - 9/2/96 Fine - 6 months and £500 costs Magistrates - Redditch Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted -Darren Hattersley Notes - Caught February 1995. Bradley admitted cruelty to a badger, attempting to take a badger and two charges of putting his dogs at risk. Whilst they were digging for badgers a local spotted them and phoned the police, When they realised they were being watched they both ran off, but were arrested nearby. A badger cub was found dead at the sett and five injured terriers were also recovered. Mark Anderson defended Bradley and Steven Cooper defended Hattersley. They said they were after foxes and did not realise that a badger was in the hole. Name - Bradshaw David Stephen Address - 25 Blackstone Road, Chorley Convicted - First in court on 3/8/90, then 5/12/90. Fine - ? Magistrates - Telford Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Thomas Mercer, Stephen Fishwick Notes - Charged with attempting to dig for a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. Mercer also faces four charges of aiding and abetting Bradshaw and Fishwick to commit cruelty offences. Name - Brewster Gary Address - Grange Road, Bowers Gifford In court 18/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - 25 Also charged - Steven Peck and Wayne Marney Notes - Caught 12/86. Found not guilty of digging for badgers. Mr Barry Gilbert defended all three. Name - Brian Paul Address - Brynllywarch, Maesteg Convicted - Spring 1995 Fine - ? Magistrates - Tenby Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - John Hill, Andrew Mullahy and Brian James Notes - All pleaded guilty to digging for badgers. Name - Britnall Robert Address - Devonshire Place, Handbridge Convicted - 4/11/77 Fine - £6 Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 35 Also convicted - Edward Dry and John Jackson Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and three offences of not having a dog licence Name - Brocklehurst John Address - Waverley Avenue, Appleton, Warrington Convicted - Due to appear in court 26/9/87 Fine - Magistrates - Warrington Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Stephen Rawlings, Peter Daly and Allen Harrison Notes - Charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Broderick Jason Ronald Address -109 Ramney Drive, Enfield Lock Convicted - 2/6/87 Fine - £200 and £20 costs Magistrates - Epping Age/D.O.B - 9/12/69 Also convicted - Sean Kingham and James Tomlin Notes - Caught 7/2/87. Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Anthony Beaumont of 14 Ramney Drive, Enfield Lock was discharged , being 15 years old, it appears he was unaware of what was going on. Name - Brooks Stephen Robert Address - Wilkinson Road, Bolton Convicted - 8/10/92 Fine - 6 weeks Magistrates - Blackburn Age/D.O.B - 31 Also charged - Philip David Parton (had his charges dropped) Notes - Found guilty of attempting to take a badger, and interfering with a badger sett. He was also banned from keeping dogs for two years. Defended by Richard Carter. Brooks said he was after foxes and rabbits. Name - Brown Ivan Address - Leenview Court, Bulwel, Nottingham Convicted - 8/2/91 Fine - £175 Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Paul Walker, Neil Hickling and Thomas Eaton Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 28/11/90. They said they were after foxes. They were all defended by Granville Rooley. Name - Brown Vernon Thomas Address - 44 Rutland Road, Tyldesley Convicted - 20/8/87 and appealed Fine - £500 and £150 costs fine reduced to £250 at appeal Magistrates - Vale Royal and Knutsford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Gerald Treanor, Leslie Mountford and Anthony Concannon Notes - They claimed they were hunting for rabbits. Found guilty of badger baiting. Judge Geoffery Kilfoil was at Knutsford Crown Court. Name - Bryant Andrew (ice cream salesman) Address - Redhill Convicted - 10/7/86 Fine - £500 and £40.75 costs Magistrates - Bromley Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Hamish McKenzie Notes - Caught mid Feb. 86. They said they were hunting rabbits. Rudi Fortson defended them. A third person unknown got away. They were found guilty of hunting for badgers, and a charge of digging for badgers was dismissed. Name - Buckley John David Address - Northway, Orford, Warrington Convicted - ? Fine - £30 and £30 costs Magistrates - Runcorn Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - David Prescott, Michael West and Brian Horrocks Notes - Caught 9/1/?. They were all found guilty of attempting to take a badger. They said they were after foxes. Name - Bullock Simon (Former kennel man with Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, also Chairman of F. & M.W.T.C. North Wales ED-RD 22 February 1994) Address - Kennel Cottage, Pen-y-Llan, Ruabon, Wrexham Convicted - 6/9/94 Fine - 3 months for each charge and £100 costs Magistrates - Redditch Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Robert Hicks Notes - Caught 5/12/93. They were both found guilty of interfering with a badger sett and sending a dog down the sett (3 months for each charge, to run consecutively). They claimed they were after foxes. Name - Buoey Colin (council bricklayer) Address - 1 College View, Bootle, Liverpool Convicted - 25/9/93 and sentenced 23/11/93 Fine - 180 hours community service Magistrates - Mold Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Stephen Maxwell and Anthony Culley Notes - Caught 17/1/93. Found guilty of attempting to take a badger and interfering with a badger sett and causing un-necessary suffering to two dogs. They said they were digging for foxes. Banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. Maxwell and Culley have previous convictions for badger offences. Name - Burgess Christopher Address - Garret Avenue, Ravensdale, Mansfield In court 22/10/87 (see below) Not guilty Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 20 Also charged - Andrew Holmes and Gary Morley Notes - Caught 13/2/87. Found not guilty of digging for badgers. But they were found guilty of trespassing for rabbits without a licence and each fined £40. Holmes at the time of the court case was serving a sentence for assault. All three have pervious conviction for badger offences. Name - Burgess Christopher John Address - Sanders Avenue, Mansfield Convicted - 27/1/88 Fine - £500. and £165 costs (see below) Magistrates - Loughborough Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Andrew Holmes and Gary Morley Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. £250 for each charge. They said they were after rabbits. Name - Burgess Christopher Address - Ravensdale, Mansfield Convicted - 19/2/88 Fine - £700 and £30 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Gary Morley and Keith Greasley Notes - Morley and Burgess have previous convictions for badgers related offences. Burgess pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping a dog without a licence and the theft of a dog in August 87. Morley pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping two dogs without a licence and failing to surrender to bail. Greasley pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping two dogs without a licence and three other motoring offences. Mr Peter Jones defended Burgess and Morley, Greasley was defended by Mr John Turner. Name - Burgess Christopher Address - Sanders Avenue, Ravendale, Mansfield Convicted - 28/4/88 Fine - £600 and £120 costs Magistrates - Newark Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Neil Lowery, Andrew Holmes and Gary Morley Notes - Holmes, Morley and Burgess have previous convictions for badger related offences. Found guilty of two offences of digging for badgers on 21/2/87 and 1/3/87. They said they were after foxes. Name - Burgess Martin Address - 9 Edward Street, Hartshorne, Burton-on-Trent Convicted - 16/2/89 Fine - £500 (£250 for each offence) and £100 costs Magistrates - Coalville Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Michael Holland, Sean Davies, Ivor Harrison and Stephen Holland Notes - Caught 3/4/88. All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. They all said they were after foxes Name - Burgo Spencer William Address - 5 Trinity Buildings, North Shields Convicted - 16/11/95 Fine - 12 months conditional discharge and £100 costs Magistrates - South East Northumberland Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Mark Templeton and Mark Graham Notes - All pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett, they were caught 25/10/94. A local farmer became suspicious when he noticed four men on a railway embankment, as he knew there was a badger sett. The police were called and they were watched for a few minutes, then four men started walking towards them carrying a pole or stick. They also had a lurcher and two terriers. All defended by Tony Malia, he said Burgo was keen on hunting foxes and rabbits. Name - Burton Andrew Leslie Address - Lings Farm, Rempstone In court 23/12/83 Not guilty Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - Aged 37 Also charged - Brian Cupit, William Napier and Andrew Osbourne Notes - Caught 24/4/83. All found guilty of 24 offences. Shaw and Cupit were found guilty of injuring a badger, attempting to take a badger, using metal tongues to take a badger, digging for a badger, using a dog to hunt for a badger, cruelty to animals and badger fighting. They were fined £150 on each badger charge, and £50 for each charge of cruelty to a badger. Napier and Osbourne were fined £100 on each of the above charges and £50 on the cruelty charges. A fifth person Mr Brian Burton of Lings Farm, Rempstone was found not guilty of the above and awarded costs of £1000. Name - Burton Lee Robert Address - Tower Road, Hartshorne Convicted - 23/3/99 Fine - 2 months Magistrates - Coalville Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Richard Alan Atkins Notes - Two men found guilty of digging for a badger in farm land near Ibstock have been jailed for two months. Lee Robert Burton and Richard Alan Atkins were found guilty on 23/3/99 of digging for a badger after a five-day trial at Coalville magistrates. The pair were spotted in a field at Ibstock. Police were called and after a chase Burton and Atkins were caught. Both men refused to give their names and Burton threatened an officer with a spade he was carrying. Three dogs were also found on the site they all had scratches on their faces. Other equipment such as a ferret finder, shovels and knives were also recovered nearby. A dead badger was found at the scene and the body was still warm. When they were taken to their new home there was a concrete badger on the front garden which all three dogs immediately attacked. Both men were sentenced to two months in prison. Magistrates ordered all equipment recovered by police to be destroyed and disqualified both men from owning a dog for three years. The three dogs had since been found new homes by the police. Name - Butcher James (Terrier man with Suffolk and Essex Foxhounds) Address - Hunt Kennels, Overbury Hall Road, Lower Lytham, Hadleigh Convicted - 15-17/5/91 Fine - £500 and £500 costs Magistrates - Newport Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Stephen Hill Notes - Both found guilty of digging for badgers. Convicted on evidence from undercover work by the RSPCA. They said they were after foxes. Name - Butler Anthony Mark Address - 325 Sutton Way, Sutton, Ellesmere Port In court 31/1/89 Fine - Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 20 Also charged - Neil Hughes and Simon Howard Notes - Caught 21/2/88 Name - Butler Shaun (member of Durham and Northumberland Terrier Club) Address - 16 Orr Avenue, Silksworth, Sunderland Convicted - 6/3/86 Fine - £150 and £26.80 costs Magistrates - Derwentside Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Lawrence Owens Notes - Caught 12/12/85. Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Both defended by Mr Terry Robson Name - Calladine Terence Address - Arnold Crescent, Mexborough Convicted - 30/7/84 Fine - £150 and £135 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 35 Also convicted - Trevor Jackson, John Bradder and David Walker Notes - They all said they were after foxes. All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, accept David Walker who pleaded guilty, so only £20 costs. Name - Campbell Stephen Address - Dalry Convicted - ? Fine - £200 Magistrates - Kilmarnock Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Alan Wallace, William McHardy Notes - Stood watching while Wallace and McHardy put their dogs down the badger sett. All three claimed the dogs were only used for chasing rabbits Name - Camps Simon Address - Convicted - 18/9/90 Fine - £400 and £140 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Kevin Melody and Graham Evans Notes - Name - Carley Sean Address - Leawood Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent Convicted - 20/1/89 appealed and lost 31/3/89 Fine -£450 and £60 costs Magistrates - Eccleshall and Stafford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Christopher Partington Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. At the appeal they were allowed to spread the payments over three years instead of two. They said they were only after foxes. Name - Carr Howard (engineer) Address - Upperclough, Linthwaite, Huddersfield Convicted - 12/5/85 Fine - £200 and £67 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Andrew Fenwick and Carl Walker Notes - All found guilty of attempting to dig for badgers. They said they were after foxes. Name - Carroll Michael Address - Inch Cross, Stradbally Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - 6 months suspended sentence and £1000 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - John Conroy, Tom Conolly, Michael Marum and Tom Parr Notes - 32 charges of cruelty to animals. All brought to court after Channel 4 undercover programme on badger digging holidays in Eire. Tom Parr was the ringleader. Name - Cartwright Paul Address - North Green, Calverton, Nottingham Convicted - 15/5/84 and appealed 13/12/84 Fine - £500 and £236 costs, fine cut at appeal to £250 and ordered to pay a further £100 costs Magistrates - Alfreton and Derby Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 43 Also convicted - Philip Harrison, Lewis Edwards, Kevin Baines and David Morris Notes - All found guilty of attempting to injure or take a badger from a sett and digging for badgers. Caught July 1883. All defended by Mr John Winch, they all said they were looking for badgers. Name - Casey Carl Address - Edward Street, Meardy Convicted - 1986 Fine - £150 and £30 costs and a further £100 costs at the appeal Magistrates - Narberth and Carmarthern Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Nigel Griffiths, Michael Lane, Paul Rees and Gerald Durham. Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger. Mr Leighton Davies defended them all. Name - Casey John Address - Coolcarrigan Convicted - 25/4/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Trim District Court Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Peter Maher and Patrick Mulligan Notes - They all admitted interfering with the set of a badger and were described as “blackguards” by a judge at Trim District Court on 25/4/97. Eventually one of the men, Peter Maher was remanded in custody for a seven days. The court heard he had given a false name and address to a wildlife ranger who came across the men. The others were fined. Maher, along with John Casey (32) and Patrick Mulligan jnr (28) were charged with entering lands without the owner's permission on 25/2/96. Casey and Mulligan were told they must pay £100 witness expenses each in addition to fines of £150 and £100 respectively. The judge also disqualified Casey from driving for 12 months for using his car in connection with the offence. The three defendants also admitted interfering with/destroying the breeding place of a protected wild animal and carrying a spade and shovel capable of being used for the hunting of a wild bird or animal. The judge said they had dug 1.3 meters deep into the badger set and "are blackguards”. The badger is a protected animal, this is a well-known set in the area and they deliberately had two dogs and another dog in the boot. If a badger catches you he won't let go. It is his only defence. It is disgusting." He remanded Maher in custody for one week to appear again in Trim District Court at a later date. Recognisance was set in the event of an appeal. Name - Cashmore Darren Address - Harvey Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent Convicted - 31/1/90 Fine - 3 months and £500, fine later to be quashed to 3 year cond. dis. Magistrates - Cheadle Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Sean Whalley Notes - Claimed they were digging for foxes. Banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. Appealed and the £500 fine was dropped to a 3 year con. dis. by Judge William Allardice at Stoke Crown Court. Name - Cawe Charles William (painter) Address - Bromley Close, Walderslade, Chatham Convicted - 2/12/88 Fine - £300 and £250 costs Magistrates - Croydon Age/D.O.B - 42 Also convicted - Peter Wade Notes - Found guilty of attempting to take a badger. They said they were hunting foxes and produced a foxes tail to prove it. One person managed to escape. Charles Gibson defended both of them. Barry Peachy gave evidence for the defence. Name - Challinor Darren Address - Adelaide Road, Blacon, Chester Convicted - In court 22/2/85 and due to appear again 25/4/85 Fine - Magistrates - Wrexham Age/D.O.B - 19 Also charged - Gary Newell Notes - Charged with unlawfully attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Caught 2/2/85. A third man was also charged but failed to appear in court, and a warrant for his arrest was issued. Name - Chappell Neil Colin Address - 2 Uppingham Drive, Broughton Astley, Leicester Convicted - 9/3/90 Fine - £1000 and £141 costs (£400 for attempting to take a badger, £400 for digging for a badger and £200 for cruelty to a terrier used in the incident.) Magistrates - Market Bosworth Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - John Ford, Alistair Pick and Mark Sloan Notes - 44 years digging experience between them all. Name - Cheeseman Paul (Former kennel man with the Enfield Chase, now employed by Taunton Vale Hunt) Address - Formerly of The Kennels, White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne Convicted - 3/8/92 Fine - 1 year conditional discharge and £75 costs Magistrates - Hertford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Caught November 1991. Found guilty of interfering with a badger sett, he said he was after foxes. The four joint masters of the hunt were suspended by the MFHA for 28 days pending an inquiry. Name - Christon Peter Address - Runwick Avenue, Acklan, Middlesborough Convicted - Winter 1993 Fine - £1000 and £600 costs Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Neil Elwine Notes - Admitted digging for badgers. Name - Clark David Address - Bentley Close, Lillington, Leamington Spa Convicted - 11/9/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Banbury Age/D.O.B - 37 Also convicted - Richard Underhill also caught Fredrick Smalley Notes - Banbury magistrates took only one hour to find them both guilty and gave them 60 day sentences for attempting to take badgers, sending a dog into a badger sett and damaging a sett in August 1996. During the trial which lasted two days the court heard how the pair were caught armed with spades at a badger sett in August 1996. They both claimed, wait for it, that they were trying to trap foxes and rabbits and their dogs had entered a badger sett by accident. When police raided Clark’s home they found his living room filled with badger and fox trophies and gin traps were mounted on the walls. He also had dozens of books on bloodsports and hunting and 50 videos containing footage of rabbits and foxes being trapped and killed.. Clark and Underhill claimed they were digging into the sett to rescue their terrier, which had run into the badger sett. Following an appeal at Oxford Crown Court on 16/1/98 the judge ordered the men serve the remaining time of their original sentences, and gave them 30 days each on the other 2 charges, to run concurrently with their longer sentence. Frederick Smalley was charged with interfering with a badger sett by destroying it on his farm between September 10 and October 5 1996. He was due to be tried separately, but sadly I don’t know the outcome of his trial. Name - Clark Robert Address - Dorrington Road, Lancaster In court 12/2/94, due in court for trial 21/21 April 1994 Fine - Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Jason Parker and Paul Florkowskie Notes - Caught 8/12/93. All charged with interference with a badger sett. Name - Clifton Stephen (Huntsman with Isle of Wight Foxhounds) Address - Hunt Kennels, Gatcombe, Isle of Wight Convicted - 15-17/5/91 Fine - £500 and £500 costs Magistrates - Newport Age/D.O.B - 35 Also convicted - James Butcher Notes - Both found guilty of digging for badgers. Convicted on evidence from an undercover RSPCA worker, Mr Paul Martin. They said they were after foxes. Name - Colbeck Joseph Address - Lance Close, Liverpool Convicted - 13/3/87 Fine - £1500 (£750 for each offence) Magistrates - Hawkshead Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Joseph Rooney and Wayne Scott Notes - Caught 11/11/86. Found guilty of digging for badgers, and attempting to take badgers. The magistrates adjourned the sentencing on Scott after hearing he had a previous conviction for digging. Name - Colleran John Address - 26 Orchard Hey, Aintree, Liverpool Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £500 and £45 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 10/3/64 Also convicted - Ian Smith and Peter Davies Notes - Name - Collins Darren Address - Grasmere Drive, Worcester In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Upton Age/D.O.B - 17 Also charged - Phillip Collins Notes - Caught Feb. 86. Found not guilty of trying to kill, injure or take a badger. They said they were looking for rabbits. A third man, Anthony Cahill of Liverpool and a 10 year old youth were also present at the dig. Mrs Sandy Bannister defended them both. Name - Collins John Joseph Address - Botha Road, Bordesley Green Convicted - 26/2/87 and appealed 19/5/87 Fine - £400 and £100 costs fine cut in half at appeal Magistrates - Bromsgrove and Worcester Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Martin Bradley, Mark Poyser and John Whitehouse Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. Defended by Amanda Pittaway and Nick Doherty. Bradleys dog Toby was forfeited. At appeal Judge Michael Mott cut their fines in half on a legal technicality after agreeing they should have been fined for one charge not two. Bradley also asked for his dog back, but was refused. Name - Collins Phillip Anthony Address - Lechampton Close, Worcester In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Upton Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Darren Collins Notes - Caught Feb. 86. Found not guilty of trying to kill, injure or take a badger. They said they were looking for rabbits. A third man, Anthony Cahill of Liverpool and a 10 year old youth were also present at the dig. Mrs Sandy Bannister defended them both. Name - Conboy Andrew Address - 14 Sherwood Avenue, Droylsden, Manchester Convicted - 3/7/96 back 9/8/96 for sentence Fine - 150 community service and £100 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Mark Pavitt and Nicolas Dixon Notes - All admitted to interfering with a badger sett on 18/12/95. A charge of causing cruelty to a dog was dropped. The three were all found near the sett by the police, the sett entrance was covered by a net, they also claimed they were after foxes. Name - Concannon Anthony Address - 197 Devonshire Road, Atherton Convicted - 20/8/87 and appealed Fine - £500 and £150 costs Magistrates - Vale Royal and Knutsford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 40 Also convicted - Gerald Treanor, Leslie Mountford and Vernon Brown Notes - They claimed they were hunting for rabbits. Found guilty of badger baiting. Judge Geoffery Kilfoil was at Knutsford Crown Court. Name - Connor John Address - Meryll Gardens, Hartlepool Convicted - 8/3/88 Fine - £300 and £20 costs Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Ian McKinley, Gary Wilson and Carl Malham Notes - All were found guilty of digging for badgers Name - Conolly Tom Address - Mountmellick Road, Portaoise Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - 6 months suspended sentence and £1000 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Michael Carroll, John Conroy, Michael Marum and Tom Parr Notes - 32 charges of cruelty to animals. All brought to court after Channel 4 undercover programme on badger digging holidays in Eire. Name - Conroy John Address - Rathmoyle Cottages, Abbeyleix Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - 6 months suspended sentence and £1000 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Michael Carroll, Tom Conolly, Michael Marum and Tom Parr Notes - 18 charges of cruelty to animals. All brought to court after Channel 4 undercover programme on badger digging holidays in Eire. Name - Cornthwaite Morris William (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 20 Central Avenue, Sunneyside, Rotherham Convicted - 7/5/87 Fine - £80 and £15 costs Magistrates - Rotherham Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Peter Bottom, Alan Green, David Watson, Thomas Eyre and Roy Winfindale Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. A charge of attempting to kill a badger was dropped. Name - Cornthwaite Morris William (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 20 Central Avenue, Sunneyside, Rotherham Convicted - 15/6/87 Fine - £500 and £28.35 costs Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 14/6/60 Also convicted - Alan Green and Peter Bottom Notes - Caught 20/12/86. All pleaded guilty to digging for badgers. They also have a conviction for badger offences from May 87. The same sett was the subject of a digging case on 12/4/85. See Howard Carr. Name - Corps Steven Address - Whitefoot Lane, Bromley Convicted - 11/6/87 Fine - 2 years conditional discharge and £60 costs Magistrates - Dartford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Mark Welford Notes - They both said they were after foxes. Both found guilty of attempting to take a badger. Caught September 1986. All equipment taken. Name - Corser Ronald Address - Beechtrees, Skelmersdale Convicted - 5/11/87 Fine - £110 and £55 costs Magistrates - Ormskirk Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Christopher and David Stewart Notes - Found guilty of attempting to kill a badger and digging for badgers. When the police went to C. Stewarts house they found stuffed birds and a stuffed badgers head, which he claimed he bought in a Macclesfield gun shop. Name - Coulthurst Kenneth Address - Abel Street, Burnley Convicted - 3/4/82 Fine - £120 (£40 for each offence) and £30 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 40 Also convicted - John Roscoe Notes - Found guilty of twice digging for badgers and being in possession of a badger. They said they were after foxes. Name - Coupe Wayne Thomas Address - 26 Kirlington Road, Rainworth, Nottingham Convicted - 13/1/93 Fine - £300 and £200 costs Magistrates - Louth Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Gary and Stephen Tucker and Andrew West Notes - Caught 4/5/92. All pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett. Andrew West was due to appear in court at a later date after being found guilty of possessing 5 dead badgers, which he kept in his freezer. Defended by Nick Doherty. They said they were after foxes and rabbits. Name - Creevey Sean Address - Hillside Avenue, Hyton, Liverpool Convicted - 30/9/? Fine - £150 Magistrates - Ormskirk Age/D.O.B - Aged 24 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Caught hare coursing on Lord Leverhulme's estate at Altcar Name - Crelin Michael (Labourer) Address - Gammacroft, Millom Convicted - 30/1/83 Fine - £600 Magistrates - Millom Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Rarmond Mossop, Stephen Mossop, Michael Crelin and John Turner Notes - Crelin was found not guilty of digging for badgers, but guilty of aiding and abetting cruelly treating and killing it. Raymond Mossop held the badger up in the air while his son Stephen hit it with a spade. They were caught when they sent their film to Colourtrend to be developed. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Name - Crowther Jonathan Karl Address - Wythenshaw, Manchester Convicted - 20/4/90 Fine - ? Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 22/7/65 Also convicted - Vincent Walldock, David Lonston and William Mullin Notes - Name - Crozier Stephen Address - Buttermere Drive, Dalton (parents address) Convicted - 26/1/90 Fine - £400 Magistrates - Ulverston Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Shaun Hornsby Notes - Pleaded guilty to digging for foxes. Mr Christopher Barron defended Hornsby, Crozier was not represented. Name - Cundliffe Thomas Address - 21 Derby Road, Goldbourne, Wigan Convicted - 6/8/87 Fine - £200 and £25 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 34 Also convicted - Mark Tempest, John Billington, Peter Noon and David Boffey. Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for badgers. They were fined £100 on each charge. Defended by Mr Richard Heap. Name - Culley Anthony Francis Address - Swallow Hirst Crescent, Norris Green, Liverpool Convicted - 25/9/93 and sentenced 2/11/93 Fine - 6 months Magistrates - Mold Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Stephen Maxwell and Colin Buoey Notes - Caught 17/1/93. Found guilty of attempting to take a badger, interfering with a badger sett and causing un-necessary suffering to 2 dogs. In addition to three current 6 months jail sentences, magistrates ordered that his car and equipment should be destroyed. He was also banned from owning dogs for 5 years. Maxwell and Culley have previous convictions for badger offences. Name - Culley Anthony Francis Address - 72 Swallow Hurst Crescent, Liverpool Convicted - 31/10/92 Fine - 3 months suspended for 2 years and £109 costs Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Carl Morgan, Stephen Maxwell and Stephen Fox Notes - Caught November 1991. All found guilty of digging for badgers. Maxwell, Morgan and Culley all have convictions for other badger offences. Name - Cunningham Paul Address - Hawthorne Road, Bacup In court 10/10/95 Charges were dropped Magistrates - Dublin Age/D.O.B - 34 Also charged - Graham Evans and David Atkinson Notes - All three were freed after charges of cruelly treating and causing unnecessary suffering to three terriers were dismissed. They were arrested on 9/10/95 at Dublin's North Wall ferry terminal after a tip-off. Judge Desmond Hogan ruled the charges had been incorrectly brought, as they did not specify where the offence took place. "As far as I am concerned they could have taken place on the moon" he said. Three dogs with horrific injuries had to be put down "on humane grounds" one had its lower jaw torn and this had become infected; another was blind; while a number had pus coming from their mouths, as well as deep lacerations to the face. Four surviving dogs, which included a six week old pup, were moved to a secret location. Name - Cupitt Brian Address - Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham Convicted - 23/12/83 Fine - £700 and £230 costs (see below) Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 45 Also convicted - Mark Shaw, William Napier and Andrew Osbourne Notes - Caught 24/4/83. All found guilty of 24 offences. Shaw and Cupitt were found guilty of injuring a badger, attempting to take a badger, using metal tongues to take a badger, digging for a badger, using a dog to hunt for a badger, cruelty to animals and badger fighting. They were fined £150 on each badger charge, and £50 for each charge of cruelty to a badger. Napier and Osbourne were fined £100 on each of the above charges and £50 on the cruelty charges. A fifth person Mr Brian Burton of Lings Farm, Rempstone was found not guilty of the above and awarded costs of £1000. Name - Cutherbertson Andrew Address - Elmes Drive, Morecambe Convicted - 25/8/83 Fine - £80 and £20 costs Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Peter Doey and James Ellison Notes - Caught 16/5/83. Found guilty of unlawfully digging for badgers. Name - Daley Peter Address - 53 Clydesdale Road, Appleton, Warrington Due to appear in court 26/9/87 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warrington Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Stephen Rawlings, John Brocklehurst and Allen Harrison Notes - Charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Dalton Andrew Address - Ashwell Avenue, Greatfield Estate, Hull Convicted - ? Fine - £300 and £300 costs Magistrates - Pocklington Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - John Fairburn and Martin Murray Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers and attempting to kill a badger. They said they were looking for foxes. Dalton also has another conviction for cruelty to a dog 22/1/93. Name - Dalton Andrew Address - Ashwell Avenue, Greatfield Estate, Hull Convicted - 22/1/93 Fine - 2 months Magistrates - Hull Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of cruelty to a dog, by failing to treat infected wounds after it had been fighting with a fox. Banned from keeping dogs for a year. Dalton also has previous convictions for badger offences. Defended by Patrick Whur. Dalton was also found guilty of using a forged insurance certificate, no tax disc and damaging a seat and a glass window, he was given 14 days. Already serving in young offenders institute. Name - Daniels Paul Address - Marshall Crescent, Merthyr Convicted - August 1986 Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Andrew Evans & Paul Phillips Notes - Name - Dann Phillip Address - 94 Alexander Road, Mutley, Plymouth or Buller Road, Turpoint, Cornwall Convicted - 9/1/86 Fine - £150 and £200 costs Magistrates - Taunton Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Christopher Newton, Paul Murray and Christopher Lewis Notes - Newton was fined £500 because of a previous 8 convictions of badger digging in 1981, and was then fined £1,086. In his own written records seized by police showed that in 1981 alone he had killed 48 foxes, 11 badgers, 13 hares and 2 deer. He had killed 70 badgers altogether at the time of his arrest. Name - Davies Neville Howard Address - Pen-y-Dre, Swansea Valley In court 23/7/86 Not guilty Magistrates - Ammanford Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Mark Nettle and Alan Farthing Notes - Nettle and Farthing also cleared of dog fighting Name - Davies Peter Address - 48 Marl Road, Aintree, Liverpool Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £500 and £45 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 11/4/66 Also convicted - Ian Smith and John Colleran Notes - Name - Davies Sean Address - Hartsfield Road, Hartshorne, Burton-on-Trent Convicted - 29/4/88 Fine - £1000 Magistrates - Derby Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Neil Hardwick, Simon Holt, Michael Holland and Andrew Hallifield Notes - Davies and Holland have other convictions for badger offence. (16/2/89) They were all caught 1/1/88. They said they were after foxes and badgers. Name - Davies Sean Kevin Address - Hartshill Road, Hartshorne, Burton-on-Trent Convicted - 16/2/89 Fine - £500 (£250 for each offence) and £100 costs Magistrates - Coalville Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Martin Burgess, Michael Holland, Ivor Harrison and Stephen Holland Notes - Caught 3/4/88. All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. They all said they were after foxes Name - Davies Wayne Address - North Avenue, Horbury, Wakefield Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £400 and £15 costs Magistrates - Wetherby Age/D.O.B - Born 1966 Also convicted - Nigel Owen, Andrew Greyston and Mark Eyles Notes - Name - Day Colin John Address - 38 Brynwern, Pontypool Convicted - 16/4/90 Fine - £50 Magistrates - Usk Age/D.O.B - Born 1961 Also convicted - David Perry and Mark Walker Notes - Name - Dean Michael Address - Manor Road, Chadwell Heath Convicted - 16/11/88 Fine - £400 and £20 costs Magistrates - Rochford Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Martin Mackay and Alan Johnson Notes - Claimed they were looking for foxes. Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Dean and Johnson were also convicted of cruelty to their dogs, they were banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. Name - Delaney Anthony Address - Lytchet Way, Enfield Convicted - 5/5/93 Fine - 150 hours community service and £300 costs Magistrates - Colchester Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Michael Taylor Notes - Caught 17/5/92. Both admitted interfering with a badger sett. Name - Dewhurst William Harold Address - Chapel Street, Oswaldtwistle Convicted - ? Fine - £10 and £2 costs Magistrates - Knutsford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - James Swindlehurst, Kevin Barski, William Addison and Anthony Latham Notes - The police stopped a car on the M6 at Bexton and found two badgers and eight dogs inside. They were all found guilty of having live badgers in their possession. They said they had been fox hunting in the Staffordshire area. Name - Dibble Rodney Address - 2 East End, Garton-on-the-Wolds, Driffield. YO25 0EP Convicted -19/1/94 Fine - 2 months Magistrates - Worthing Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Philip Marshall and Stephen Hickson Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and aiding and abetting the wilful killing of badgers. Name - Dickinson Edwin Russell (Terrierman for the Cumberland Farmers Foxhounds) Address - Town Head Road, Cotehill, Carlisle Convicted - 9/8/96 Fine - £150 and £250 costs Magistrates - Penrith Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - Peter McColgan Notes - Found guilty of interfering with a badger sett by causing a dog to enter it, McColgan was guilty of aiding and abetting Dickinson in interfering with a badger sett by causing a dog to enter the sett. Caught on 6/12/95 when the Cumberland Farmers were out hunting near Penrith when McColgan found that a fox had gone down a hole, he then called over Dickinson. Both men admitted in interviews that they had put a terrier down but said the contentious issue was whether they were signs of the sett being an active one. Both defended by Brian Mark Q.C. Both cleared at Carlisle Crown Court on 6/2/97 Name - Dixon Andrew Address - Hartfield Road, Blacon, Chester Convicted - 16/8/90 Fine - £200 and £50 costs Magistrates - Wrexham Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Darren Hickey Notes - Defending Dixon, Mr Steven Everett claimed they were out looking for rabbits. Found guilty of attempting to take a badger and causing unnecessary suffering to a dog. Name - Dixon Nicolas Address - 75 Edward Street, Audenshaw, Manchester Convicted - 3/7/96 back 9/8/96 for sentence Fine - 150 community service and £100 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Mark Pavitt and Andrew Conboy Notes - All admitted to interfering with a badger sett on 18/12/95 at woods behind the prison. A charge of causing cruelty to a dog was dropped. The three were all found near the sett by the police, the sett entrance was covered by a net, they also claimed they were after foxes. Name - Doey Peter Address - St Georges Quay, Lancaster Convicted - In court 25/8/83 Fine - £80 and £20 costs Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 18 Also convicted - Andrew Cutherbertson and James Ellison Notes - Caught 16/5/83. Found guilty of unlawfully digging for badgers. Name - Dogrell Philip Joseph (Former Master of South & West Wilts Hunt) Address - Benjafield Farm, Milton-on-Stour Convicted - 25/10/93 Fine - £700 and £125 costs Magistrates - Gillingham Age/D.O.B - 54 Also convicted - Alone Notes - He sprayed slurry over a badger sett covering it in an inch thick layer, said he was unaware of the sett. Name - Drummond John (Gamekeeper) Address - Old Park Farmhouse, Grange-Over-Sands Convicted - 11/6/99 sentenced on 12/7/99 Fine - 3 months Magistrates - Kendal Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Notes - The South Lakes Badger Protection group called in the RSPCA when he found dead badger carcasses and illegal locking snares on the Holker Hall estate of Lord Cavendish, near Cark-in-Cartmel. A covert operation was set up by the RSPB in response finding a cage trap. It ultimately led to the discovery of two dead badgers though fifteen were believed to have been killed in the preliminary investigation in 1998. One was found hanging over the edge of a limestone outcrop where it had asphyxiated after dragging a snare for 30 yards. Badger bones and skulls were scattered around the area and a dead buzzard was found hidden in a hole. On 11/6/99 John Drummond who is the Head Gamekeeper for the estate was found guilty on 46 out of 65 charges under the Protection of Badgers Act and the Wildlife and Countryside Acts. Drummond was found guilty of willfully killing two badgers, willfully taking one badger and cruelly mistreating all three. On 12/7/99 Drummond was jailed for three months. Name - Dry Edward Address - Hatton Road, Chester Convicted - 4/11/77 Fine - £5 Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - John Jackson and Robert Britnall Notes - Found guilty of digging for a badger. Name - Dugdale Paul Address - Threefields, Tanterton, Preston Convicted - In court 28/8 then appealed Fine - £100 and £14 costs at appeal this was dropped to a 12 month conditional discharge Magistrates - Preston then Preston Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Notes - He was found guilty of illegal possession of a badger. Dugdale said he was out killing vermin at the Preston rugby club when he came across these two dead badgers. He then took them to a taxidermist to be stuffed, but there was nobody in. Mr Tim White defended. At Crown Court the judge was David Pirie. Name - Duncan Jeffrey Address - Corcrain Drive, Portadown Convicted - 28/1/89 Fine - 6 months and £50 fine Magistrates - Craigavon Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Edward Murry, Peter and Colin Gorman Notes - All four banned from having any animal for life. All found guilty of seven charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a badger and ill-treated three Staffordshire bull terriers, two Jack Russell's and a wire haired terrier. Mr Hugo Marley defended all four. Name - Durham Gerald (painter) Address - Springfield Road, Mawdy Convicted - 1986 Fine - £200 and £60 costs and a further £100 at the appeal Magistrates - Narberth and Carmarthern Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Nigel Griffiths, Michael Lane, Paul Rees and Carl Casey Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger. Mr Leighton Davies defended them all. Name - Eaton Simon Address - N.F.A. In court 5/12/90 Not guilty of putting dogs down a badger sett Magistrates - Leamington Age/D.O.B - 22 Also charged - Jason Rheams and Dennis Mannix. Notes - Caught 8/2/90. Name - Eaton Thomas Address - No fixed address Convicted - 8/2/91 Fine - £175 Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Paul Walker, Ivan Brown and Neil Hickling Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 28/11/90. They said they were after foxes. They were all defended by Granville Rooley. Name - Edge Peter Address - Hilbre Bank, Alpraham, Tarporley Found not guilty Magistrates - Northwich Age/D.O.B - 28 Also caught - John Charles Kneale Notes - Both walked free from Northwich magistrates on 31/10/97 after magistrates decided there was no case to answer over allegations of badger digging. Both were charged with disturbing a badger sett and causing a dog to enter a badger sett at High Billinge near Tarporley after the Cheshire Foxhounds had passed over the land earlier the same day in February 1997. The farmer who owned the land said “I was approached by Kneale, he said a fox had run to ground during the hunt and would it be all right to dig it out. I gave him permission. I didn’t know they were going near where the badger sett.” They were then seen digging at the sett by forest workers, who then rang a badger protection group to report them. Name - Edward Lewis Address - Cross Lane, Huthwaite, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham Convicted - 15/5/84 and appealed 13/12/84 Fine - £500 and £236 costs, fine cut at appeal to £250 and ordered to pay a further £100 costs Magistrates - Alfreton and Derby Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - Philip Harrison, Kevin Baines, Paul Cartwright and David Morris Notes - All found guilty of attempting to injure or take a badger from a sett and digging for badgers. Caught July 1883. All defended by Mr John Winch, they all said they were looking for badgers. Name - Edwards David William Address - Roughcoat Lane, Cavershall, Stoke-On-Trent Convicted - 15/1/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 48 Also convicted - Nicholas Grooby, Gary Pearson and Mark Hulme Notes - All found guilty by Nottingham Magistrates on 15/1/97 of attempting to take a badger, digging for badgers and interfering with a badger sett, after being caught on 16/11/95. The court heard how they were spotted by a local gamekeeper who had watched them digging at a well known badger sett. One of them had a dog locator scanner while another was poking a large metal spike into the ground. On 20/2/97 they were all sentenced to four months for attempting to take a badger, two months for digging for badgers and two months for interfering with a badger sett. All sentences are to run concurrently. They were also banned from keeping animals for 5 years. All were released on bail pending an appeal. Following the appeal in July they all had their sentences reduced to 120 hours community service plus costs of either £400 or £500. Name - Eedy Christopher Address - William Street, Trethomas Convicted - 4/10/85 Fine - £250 and £50 costs Magistrates - Narberth Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Jeffrey Elliot and Kenneth Harper Notes - Caught 23/12/84. At the time of his conviction Elliot was terrier man for the Gelligaer Farmers Foxhunt. Found guilty of attempting to dig for badgers. They had ten terriers between them at their time of arrest. Name - Elliot Jeffrey David (Ex hunt terrier man) Address - Tawelfryn Estate, Nantgarw Convicted - 4/10/85 Fine - £250 and £50 costs Magistrates - Narberth Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Christopher Eedy and Kenneth Harper Notes - Caught 23/12/84. At the time of his conviction Elliot was terrier man for the Gelligaer Farmers Foxhunt. Found guilty of attempting to dig for badgers. They had ten terriers between them at their time of arrest. Name - Ellison James (Admitted in court being a member of Lancashire and Cumbrian Fell Packs) Address - Anderton Street or 39 Foster Street, Chorley Convicted - In court 25/8/83 Fine - £80 and £20 costs Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Peter Doey and Andrew Cutherbertson Notes - Caught 16/5/83. Found guilty of unlawfully digging for badgers. Ellison also has a conviction for cruelty and dog fighting offences. At Chorley Magistrates, he was jailed for 3 months and banned from keeping dogs for 5 years on 15/3/89. Name - Elwine Neil Address - Clive Road, Linthorpe, Middlesborough Convicted - Winter 1993 Fine - £300 and £196 costs Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Peter Christion Notes - Admitted to damaging a badger sett. Name - Estranger Richard Address - Holland Road, High Green, Sheffield Convicted - 10/12/90 Fine - £150 and £100 costs Magistrates - Sheffield Age/D.O.B - Born 1968 Also convicted - Paul Thorpe Notes - Name - Evans Andrew Address - Dowlais, Merthyr Convicted - August 1986 Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted -? Notes - Name - Evans Graham Address - ? Convicted - 18/9/90 Fine - £400 and £140 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Kevin Melody and Simon Camps Notes - Name - Evans Graham Address - Higher Charge Villas, Todmorden In court 10/10/95 Charges were dropped Magistrates - Dublin Age/D.O.B - 44 Also charged - Paul Cunningham and David Atkinson Notes - All three were freed after charges of cruelly treating and causing unnecessary suffering to three terriers were dismissed. They were arrested on 9/10/95 at Dublin's North Wall ferry terminal after a tip-off. Judge Desmond Hogan ruled the charges had been incorrectly brought, as they did not specify where the offence took place. "As far as I am concerned they could have taken place on the moon" he said. Three dogs with horrific injuries had to be put down "on humane grounds" one had its lower jaw torn and this had become infected; another was blind; while a number had pus coming from their mouths, as well as deep lacerations to the face. Four surviving dogs, which included a six week old pup, were moved to a secret location. Name - Evans Julian Mark Address - 10 Donne Place, Blacon, Chester Convicted - 3/7/87 Fine - £200 and £40 costs Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - David Whitley Notes - Both were found guilty of attempting to take a badger, caught 19/10. There was also a third man present Darren Hickey who was later sent to prison on a separate charge. Evans also admitted driving to Tushingham while banned, for which he was ordered to do 120 hours community service, he also admitted to having no insurance, £50 fine and banned from driving for 18 months, plus 8 penalty points. Whitley admitted stealing £78.50 from a TV. rental firm. He had to do 80 hours community service and repay the £78.50. Name - Eyles Mark David (Driver) Address - Northfield Avenue, Rothwell, Leeds Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £300 and £15 costs Magistrates - Wetherby Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Wayne Davies, Nigel Owen and Andrew Greyston Notes - Wayne Davies has a conviction for badger digging already from 1984. The sett remained undisturbed until January when some digging took place, then on 8/3/87 their van was seen in the area. The following Sunday the farmer and police lay in wait from 6.45 am. Two hours later the van arrived, the police then waited a bit then found the four digging at the sett. Caught 15/3/87. All found guilty of trying to kill, injure or take badgers. A charge of digging for badgers was withdrawn by the prosecution. Mr Paul Fitzpatrick defended Davies and Mr David Cahill defended the other three. Name - Eyre Edwin Address - Nottingham Road, Trowell Convicted - ? Fine - £75 Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - Aged 44 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of possessing a live badger, he was trying to sell it to a member of the Frodsham Badger Group, a Mr Jeffrey Scott. Defended by Mr Ivor Bromwich. Name - Eyre Thomas (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - Monk Street, Dalton, Rotherham Convicted - 7/5/87 Fine - £300 and £50 costs Magistrates - Rotherham Age/D.O.B - 39 Also convicted - Morris Cornthwaite, Peter Bottom, Alan Green, David Watson and Roy Winfindale Notes - Eyre got a bigger fine than everybody else because he was the only one employed at the time. All found guilty of digging for badgers. A charge of attempting to kill a badger was dropped. Name - Fairburn John Address - Castleford Grove, Greatfield Estate, Hull Convicted - ? Fine - £300 and £300 costs Magistrates - Pocklington Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - Andrew Dalton and Martin Murray Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers and attempting to kill a badger. They said they were looking for foxes. Dalton also has another conviction for cruelty to a dog 22/1/93. Name - Farley Steven Michael Address - Doncaster Road, Southmead, Bristol Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - £240 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Lee Nash, Robert Massey, Julian Vokins and Barry Nicolas Notes - All found guilty of interfering with a badger sett. They were caught by the RSPCA after a tip-off. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years. Name - Farquhar Captain Ian (Joint Master of Duke of Beaufort) Address - Warren Cottage, Acton Turville, Badminton Convicted - 3/9/93 Fine - 2 year conditional discharge and £4000 costs Magistrates - North Avon Age/D.O.B - Aged 46 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of interfering with badger setts. Name - Farthing Alan George Address - Pen-y-Dre, Swansea Valley In court 23/7/86 Not guilty Magistrates - Ammanford Age/D.O.B - 20 Also charged - Mark Nettle and Neville Davies Notes - Nettle and Farthing also cleared of dog fighting Name - Faulkner Anthony Address - 64 Eagle House, Haedlam Street, London E1 Convicted - June 1984 Fine - £250 and £140.60 costs Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Aged 24 Also convicted - Raymond and Brian Ali Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger Name - Fell Simon Andrew Address - Greenbrown Road, Newall Green, Wythenshaw, Manchester Convicted - 14/8/87 Fine - £425 and £25 costs for badger offence and £50 for being unlawfully in possession of a rabbit and equipment used to catch game Magistrates - Wilmslow Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of willfully attempting to kill, take or injure a badger and unlawful digging for a badger. Caught 8/2/87. Name - Fellows Stuart Anthony Address - Pond Lane, Parkfields, Wolverhampton Convicted - 10/7/96 then sentenced on 13/8/96 Fine - 2 months for interfering with a badger sett, 4 months for assault and 1 month for stealing a camera. (All to run concurrently) Magistrates - Oswestry Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - William Richards and Stephen Rogers Notes - All found guilty of damaging a badger sett, Fellows also admitted assaulting Mr Bone and theft of his camera, they were caught 29/8/95. A local resident (Mr Bone) heard barking and went to see what was going on. On arrival at the badger sett he saw the three men digging, they told him it was a rabbit warren and they were digging for foxes. Mr Bone then started taking pictures of the three, Fellows then chased Mr Bone across the field and at one point hit Mr Bone across the back with a shovel. During a search of Fellows house in October 1995 the RSPCA found a stuffed badger and three wildlife traps. Fellows was defended by John Lishman, David McQueen defended Rogers and Richard Lloyd defended Richards. They were all banned from keeping dogs for 10 years. Following an appeal at Shrewsbury Crown Court on 14/9/96, his ban on dogs was lowered to 3 years. Name - Fenwick Andrew (butcher) Address - Modd Lane, Holmfirth, Huddersfield Convicted - 12/5/85 Fine - £200 and £67 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - alone Notes - Found guilty of attempting to dig for badgers. Name - Finnerty Kevin Address - Lupset Convicted - Winter 1992 Fine - £300 Magistrates - Huddersfield Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Richard and Neil Thompson Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. They said they were after foxes. All were cleared of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Fielding Andrew Address - 155 Wingate Towers, Knowsley, Liverpool Convicted - 24/6/88 Fine - £100 and £25 costs Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Christopher Till Notes - They put a terrier down a fox earth, and also denied 6 other by-law offences. Both have other convictions for badger offences. Name - Fielding Anthony Andrew Address - Huyton, Liverpool Convicted - 27/11/89 Fine - £250 and £75 costs Magistrates - Berwyn Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Malcolm Hopwood, Kevin Roberts and Christopher Till Notes - All convicted of attempting to take a badger. Defending Julian Linskill said they were only after foxes. Hopwood had an appeal at Mold Crown Court and lost. He was ordered to pay the costs of £410. He also judges terriers at shows. Name - Fisher Charles Leighton Address - 7 Chetwood Avenue, Crosby Convicted - ? Fine - £100 and £31.03 costs Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Keith Thomas, McMullen, Kevin Walsh and Paul Hughes Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers Name - Fishwick Stephen Address - 23 Derwent Road, Chorley Convicted - 27/1/90 then appealed and cleared 21/6/90 Fine - £500 and £100 costs all later quashed at appeal Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Gordon Grimshaw, David Travis, Paul Blackledge and Sean Nightingale Notes - Name - Fishwick Stephen Address - 32 Derwent Road, Chorley Convicted - First in court 3/8/90, then 6/11/90, convicted 5/12/90. Fine - £500 later to be quashed Magistrates - Telford Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Thomas Mercer, David Bradshaw Notes - Charged with attempting to dig for a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. Mercer also faces four charges of aiding and abetting Bradshaw and Fishwick to commit cruelty offences. Wife is called Carol. One night they had all their windows smashed and a pickaxe handle thrown through the window. Name - Florkowskie Paul George Address - Tarbet Road, Moorland, Lancaster In court 12/2/94, due back for trial 21/22 April 1994 Fine - ? Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 28 Also charged - Jason Parker and Robert Clark Notes - Caught 8/12/93. All charged with interference with a badger sett. Name - Ford John Cyril Address - 16 Chapel Lane, Ratby, Leicester Convicted - 9/3/90 Fine - £1000 and £141 costs (£400 for attempting to take a badger, £400 for digging for a badger and £200 for cruelty to a terrier used in the incident.) Magistrates - Market Bosworth Age/D.O.B - 40 Also convicted - Alister Pick, Neil Chappell and Mark Sloan Notes - They had 44 years digging experience between them. Name - Fox Michael Address - Scarisbrick Crescent, Liverpool Convicted - October 1992 Fine - 3 months suspended for 2 years Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Anthony Culley, Carl Morgan and Stephen Maxwell Notes - Caught November 1991. All found guilty of digging for badgers. Maxwell, Morgan and Culley all have convictions for other badger offences. Name - Frankish Graham (Gamekeeper) Address - Ryde Farm Estate, near Guildford Convicted - 28/1/93 Fine - £1,000 and £1,000 costs Magistrates - Guildford Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Frankish is the head gamekeeper on an estate rented by Lord Forte. He was convicted of possessing a dead badger which was found in his freezer with a snare around its neck. The badger was found following a search by the RSPCA. He was cleared of possessing part of a badger cub, part of a tawny owl and part of a barn owl. Name - Gardner Neil Address - 12 Ystrad Ivor, Lewistown, Ogmore Vale Convicted - August 1991 Fine - ? Magistrates - Bridgend Magistrates Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Name - Garraway Peter (Member of Fell & Moorland Working Terrier Club) Address - Fern Cottage, Stinchcombe Convicted - 17/10/86 Fine - £150 and £100 costs (£75 for each charge) Magistrates - Stroud Age/D.O.B - 17 Also convicted - Gary Harris Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and attempting to take a badger. Barry Peachy gave evidence for the defence. Mr Charles Auld defended both of them. Name - George Steven Address - Shakespeare Road, Dines Green, Worcester Convicted - 4/3/88 Fine - £200 and £40 costs Magistrates - Worcester Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Melvyn Thomkins, Michael James and Adrian Yeomans Notes - Caught 29/7/87. All found guilty of trying to take a badger. Mr Joe Kieran defended all four. Name - Gifford Dean John (Assistant gamekeeper at Goodwood Estate, Estate of Lord Benson) Address - Willow Mead, Singleton Convicted - 25/11/93 Fine - £400 and £500 costs Magistrates - Chichester Age/D.O.B - Aged 28 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of willfully killing a badger Name - Gilchrist Stephen Address - Lunshaw House Farm, Boltby near Thirsk, YO7 2HU Convicted - 23/2/95 Fine - £7000 and £754 costs Magistrates - Northallerton Age/D.O.B - 45 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of illegally snaring and killing three badgers. The police found a total of 51 snares on his land, 19 of which were illegal as was a gutted and poisonous rabbit. Defended by Granville Rooley. Barry Peachy also gave evidence for the defence. Name - Gilmore John Alan Address - Bryn Teifi, Cilcennin Charges dropped - 1/12/99 Magistrates - Lampeter Age/D.O.B - 30 Also charged - Gary David Venton, Kevin Venton, Gary Alan Williams and Geraint Ronald Woolcock Notes - Police on an undercover operation against badger baiters found a disturbed sett, a freshly killed badger with wounds consistent with badger baiting, and five men with dogs hiding nearby Lampeter magistrates heard on 11/11/99. The men claimed to be hunting foxes, but one, who told police he would never touch a badger, was later found to have two stuffed badgers and a mounted badger’s head at his home. When they appeared at Lampeter magistrates on 1/12/99 all had their charges dropped. Gary Venton also denies possessing excess ammunition and failing to notify the transfer of a shotgun. Name - Gilmore Robert Address - Els Road, Magull, Liverpool Convicted - 28/8/87 Fine - £500 and £73 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Steven Movat, Francis Guatella and Andrew Kellie Notes - They said they were after foxes. All found guilty of digging for a badgers Name - Gilmorse Robert Address - 6 Elms Road, Magull, Liverpool Convicted - July 1991 Fine - £30 and £5 costs Magistrates - Crosby Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Notes - Found guilty of illegal coursing Name - Gorman Colin Philip Address - Ballyoran Park, Portadown Convicted - 28/1/89 Fine - 6 months and £50 fine Magistrates - Graigavon Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Edward Murry, Jeffrey Duncan and Peter Gorman Notes - All four banned from having any animal for life. All found guilty of seven charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a badger and ill-treated three Staffordshire bull terriers, two Jack Russell's and a wire haired terrier. Mr Hugo Marley defended all four. Name - Gorman Peter Gerald Address - Ballyoran Park, Portadown Convicted - 28/1/89 Fine - 6 months and £50 fine Magistrates - Graigavon Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Edward Murry, Jeffrey Duncan and Colin Gorman Notes - All four banned from having any animal for life. All found guilty of seven charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a badger and ill-treated three Staffordshire bull terriers, two Jack Russell's and a wire haired terrier. Mr Hugo Marley defended all four. Name - Graham Mark Address - 11 St Luke's Road, North Shields Convicted - 16/11/95 Fine - 12 months conditional discharge and £100 costs Magistrates - South East Northumberland Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Spencer Burgo and Mark Templeton Notes - All pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett, they were caught 25/10/94. A local farmer became suspicious when he noticed four men on a railway embankment, as he knew there was a badger sett. The police were called and they were watched for a few minutes, then four men started walking towards them carrying a pole or stick. They also had a lurcher and two terriers. All defended by Tony Malia, he said Burgo was keen on hunting foxes and rabbits. Name - Gray Malcolm Paul Address - Wickham Close, North Ormesby Cleared - 29/1/93 Case thrown out Magistrates - Richmond Age/D.O.B - 30 Also charged - Andrew Thompson and Peter Robson Notes - They were all accused of attempting to kill a badger, digging for badgers and interfering with a badger sett. The charges were dismissed after the prosecution declined to offer any evidence. They were all caught on 24/1/92. Dr Barry Peachy was an expert witness. Name - Greasley Keith Address - Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Mansfield Convicted - 19/2/88 Fine - £500 and £30 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Christopher Burgess and Gary Morley Notes - Morley and Burgess have previous convictions for badgers related offences. Burgess pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping a dog without a licence and the theft of a dog in August 87. Morley pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping two dogs without a licence and failing to surrender to bail. Greasley pleaded guilty to killing two badgers, keeping two dogs without a licence and three other motoring offences. Mr Peter Jones defended Burgess and Morley, Greasley was defended by Mr John Turner. Name - Greave Gordon Address - Greenside Avenue, Blackburn Convicted - 1994 Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - ? Notes - Name - Green Alan Horrace (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 10 Flatts Lane, Treeton, Rotherham Convicted - 7/5/87 Fine - £100 and £165 costs Magistrates - Rotherham Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Morris Cornthwaite, Peter Bottom, David Watson, Thomas Eyre and Roy Winfindale Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. A charge of attempting to kill a badger was dropped. Name - Green Alan Horace (member of Rother Valley Working Terrier Club) Address - 10 Flatts Lane, Treeton, Rotherham Convicted - 15/6/87 Fine - £500 and £28.35 costs Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 3/3/60 Also convicted - Morris Cornthwaite and Peter Bottom Notes - Caught 20/12/86. All pleaded guilty to digging for badgers. They also have a conviction for badger offences from May 87. The same sett was the subject of a digging case on 12/4/85. See Howard Carr. Name - Green Christopher Address - Howgill Close, Burnside Convicted - 14/10/88 Fine - £500 and £15 costs Magistrates - Kendal Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Notes - Caught 22/5/88. Found guilty of digging for badgers. He said he was after fox cubs. Name - Green Paul Address - Bexley Road, Northumberland Heath, Erith Convicted - 14/3/91 Fine - £500 and £200 costs Magistrates - Bexley Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Alone Notes - He took pictures of his four pet dogs as ripped a fox to pieces in his shed. He was found at as he took the negatives to be developed at his local Boots chemist. He was fined £250 for cruelty to an animal and £250 for baiting an animal. Name - Gregory Mark Dennis Address - Dungworth Green, Dungworth, Sheffield Convicted - 29/9/89 Fine - £350 and £25 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Daniel Anson, Paul Gregory and Graham Whalen Notes - Caught 15/1/89. They all claimed they were after foxes. All defended by Mr Michael Whitworth, but found guilty of digging for badgers. Whalen also admitted a further charge of threatening behaviour after he went to the R.S.P.C.A. kennels to get his two terriers back, he was bound over for 1 year in the sum of £100. All had their terriers taken away. Name - Gregory Paul Jason Address - Dungworth Green, Dungworth, Sheffield Convicted - 29/9/89 Fine - £350 and £25 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Daniel Anson, Mark Gregory and Graham Whalen Notes - Caught 15/1/89. They all claimed they were after foxes. All defended by Mr Michael Whitworth, but found guilty of digging for badgers. Whalen also admitted a further charge of threatening behaviour after he went to the R.S.P.C.A. kennels to get his two terriers back, he was bound over for 1 year in the sum of £100. All had their terriers taken away. Name - Greyston Andrew Address - Northgate, Oulton, Leeds Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £300 and £15 costs Magistrates - Wetherby Age/D.O.B - Born 1964 Also convicted - Wayne Davies, Nigel Owen and Mark Eyles Notes - Name - Griffith Ian Address - 2 Fenwick Road, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port Convicted - 9/9/87 Fine - £125 and £35 costs (£50 for digging and £75 for injuring a badger) Magistrates - Neston Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Paul Hughes and Thomas McMullen Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers and injuring badgers. There was also a 16 year old youth there who could not be named, may have been a fourth person also who actually killed the badger. The youth was fined £20 for digging and £30 for injuring the badger and £20 costs. Name - Griffiths Nigel (labourer) Address - Gwenllyn, Tylorstown, Pontypridd Convicted - 1986 Fine - £200 and £60 costs and a further £100 cost at appeal Magistrates - Narberth then Carmarthen Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted -Michael Lane, Paul Rees, Gerald Durham and Carl Casey Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger. Mr Leighton Davies defended them all. Name - Grimshaw Gordon Address - 3 Kenneth Avenue, Leigh Convicted - 27/1/90 Fine - 1 month also £2000 or 2 days in prison for a technical fine for badger digging. Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Steven Fishwick, David Travis, Paul Blackledge and Sean Nightingale Notes - Found guilty of attempting to dig a badger and digging a badger, also causing unnecessary suffering to dogs. Banned from keeping dogs for 10 years. All the terriers had skin infections. The day after the incident the farmer Mr William Towers said 3 men asked him to sign a piece of paper saying he gave them permission to dig on his land. Name - Grooby Nicholas (an unpaid terrierman for South Nottingham Foxhounds) Address - Paradise Lane, Old Dolby Convicted - 15/1/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Gary Pearson, David Edwards and Mark Hulme Notes - All found guilty by Nottingham Magistrates on 15/1/97 of attempting to take a badger, digging for badgers and interfering with a badger sett, after being caught on 16/11/95. The court heard how they were spotted by a local gamekeeper who had watched them digging at a well known badger sett. One of them had a dog locator scanner while another was poking a large metal spike into the ground. On 20/2/97 they were all sentenced to four months for attempting to take a badger, two months for digging for badgers and two months for interfering with a badger sett. All sentences are to run concurrently. They were also banned from keeping animals for 5 years. All were released on bail pending an appeal. Following the appeal in July they all had their sentences reduced to 120 hours community service plus costs of either £400 or £500. Name - Groves Martin Gary Address - 7 Ashbury Avenue, Mansfield Convicted - 1986 Fine - £400 and £20 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Darryl Aram and Andrew Mitchell Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 6.00am August Bank Holiday Monday. They said they were looking for foxes. Name - Guatella Francis Address - 46 Kierhardy Avenue, Bootle Convicted - 28/8/87 Fine - £500 and £73 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Steven Movat, Andrew Kellie and Robert Gilmore Notes - They said they were after foxes. All found guilty of digging for a badgers Name - Guatella Francis Address - 46 Kier Hardy Avenue, Bootle, Liverpool Convicted - July 1991 Fine - £30 and £5 costs Magistrates - Crosby Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of illegal coursing. Also has convictions for badger offences, 28/8/87. Name - Gustard Kevin Address - Victoria Terrace or Metcalfe Crescent, Murton, Durham Convicted - 6/7/96 then sentenced on 3/9/96 Fine - 120 hours community service and £973.90 costs Magistrates - Durham Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - John Norman Notes - Admitted three offences of interfering with a badger sett. Caught 10/9/95 by Mr John Hall, a gamekeeper on the estate. Hall kept an eye on the sett after telling the police, he returned three times after the men had left the sett, he could hear a puppy barking from inside the sett. The following day Gustard returned with the puppy’s mother, who was fitted with a tracking device, he then entered the dog into the sett. Police the swooped and arrested Gustard. Gustard told police he knew it was a badger sett but was trying to get his puppy out. Name - Gwillaim Charles Address - Tonyrefan Convicted - June 1986 Fine - £250 and £118 costs Magistrates - Bridgend Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Wayne Williams Notes - Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Williams was also fined a further £25 for three offences of keeping a dog without a licence. Name - Hadley Mark Address - Kinlett Grove, Northfield, Birmingham Convicted - 9/12/95 Fine - 50 hours community service and £750 costs Magistrates - Redditch Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Keith Blakeman Notes - Both were found guilty of interfering with a badger sett. They were caught 12/2/95. They were found by police digging at a hole, but both claimed they were trying to get a dog out that had gone down it. It was claimed in court that the RSPCA had political motives in prosecuting the two men, as it was part of the charity's opposition to fieldsports. Both defended by Richard Griffiths. Name - Hallifield Andrew Address - Main Street, Repton Convicted - 29/4/88 Fine - £1000 Magistrates - Derby Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Sean Davies, Neil Hardwick, Simon Holt and Michael Holland Notes - Davies and Holland have other convictions for badger offence. (16/2/89) They were all caught 1/1/88. They said they were after foxes and badgers. Name - Hann Andrew Address - Hengrove In court 18/9/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Avon North Age/D.O.B - 20 Notes - Caught on 4/4/87. A 16 year old dog breeder and a 15 year old from Brislington were also in court. Name - Hardwick Neil Address - South Street, Woodville Convicted - 29/4/88 Fine - £1000 Magistrates - Derby Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Sean Davies, Simon Holt, Michael Holland and Andrew Hallifield Notes - Davies and Holland have other convictions for badger offence. (16/2/89) They were all caught 1/1/88. They said they were after foxes and badgers. Name - Harper Kenneth Address - Bryn-y-Fran, Trethomas Convicted - 4/10/85 Fine - £250 and £50 costs Magistrates - Narberth Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Jeffrey Elliot and Christopher Eedy Notes - Caught 23/12/84. At the time of his conviction Elliot was terrier man for the Gelligaer Farmers Foxhunt. Found guilty of attempting to dig for badgers. They had ten terriers between them at their time of arrest. Name - Harris Gary Address - Knapp Lane, Cam Convicted - 17/10/86 Fine - £150 and £100 costs (£75 for each charge) Magistrates - South Gloucestershire Age/D.O.B - 17 Also convicted - Peter Garraway Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and attempting to take a badger. Barry Peachy gave evidence for the defence. Mr Charles Auld defended both of them. Name - Harrison Allen Address - Laurel Avenue, Newton-Le-Willows Due to appear in court 26/9/87 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warrington Age/D.O.B - 22 Also charged - Stephen Rawlings, John Brocklehurst and Peter Daly Notes - Charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Harrison Ivor Address - 89 Salisbury Drive, Midway, Burton-on-Trent Convicted - 16/2/89 Fine - £500 (£250 for each offence) Magistrates - Coalville Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Martin Burgess, Michael Holland, Sean Davies and Stephen Holland Notes - Caught 3/4/88. All found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. They all said they were after foxes Name - Harrison Philip Address - Cutler Place, Bradford Convicted - 15/5/84 and appealed 13/12/84 Fine - £500 and £236 costs, fine cut at appeal to £250 and ordered to pay a further £100 costs Magistrates - Alferton and Derby Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Lewis Edwards, Kevin Baines, Paul Cartwright and David Morris Notes - All found guilty of attempting to injure or take a badger from a sett and digging for badgers. Caught July 1883. All defended by Mr John Winch, they all said they were looking for badgers. Name -Harwood Shaun Address - Selkirk Avenue, Astley Bridge Convicted - 21/8/99 Fine - 150 hours community service and £150 costs Magistrates - Blackburn Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Paul Sheridan Notes - Two Bolton men who were caught red handed trying to set a terrier on a badger in its sett have escaped jail. Paul Sheridan (43) of Johnson Fold Avenue, Johnson Fold, and Shaun Harwood (34) of Selkirk Avenue, Astley Bridge, had both been found guilty of badger baiting by Blackburn magistrates and on 21/8/99 they were each sentenced to 150 hours community service and ordered to pay £150 costs. When they were discovered Sheridan had three terriers with him and claimed one of the dogs had run off and chased a fox down the sett, then become trapped underground. Magistrates found the men guilty of digging for a badger, damaging and obstructing a badger sett and causing a dog to enter a sett. Name - Haslem Gary Lee Address - Moorend, Clitheroe Convicted - 7/2/00 Fine - 100 community service and £1,200 costs Magistrates - Burnley Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Notes - Gary Lee Haslam was convicted of digging for badgers but has escaped a jail sentence. Haslam was also found guilty of cruelty to his dog, which suffered nasty facial injuries, was given 100 hours community service and put on a four-month curfew. On 7/2/00 Burnley magistrates banned Haslam from keeping a dog for five years and told to pay £1,200 in costs and his dog was forfeited. Haslam must now stay in between 9.30pm and 6am for the next four months and wear ankle and wrist bracelets. The court heard how Haslam had been seen by police coming out of a wood wearing camouflage clothing and his dog was bleeding from the mouth and eye. Haslam said his terrier had disappeared into a hole and he had dug her out. While digging, he claimed, he saw a fox vault from the hole followed by the dog. Officers later found the defendant's spade and iron bar near to an active badger sett. Haslam said he had never seen a badger. The court also heard that Haslam has had working dogs virtually all his life. Name - Hattersley Darren Address - 95 Hurlfield Road, Gleadlass, Sheffield Convicted - 9/2/96 Fine - 6 months and £500 costs Magistrates - Redditch Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Martin Bradley Notes - Caught February 1995. Hattersley admitted cruelty to a badger and three charges of putting his dogs at risk. Whilst they were digging for badgers a local spotted them and phoned the police, When they realised they were being watched they both ran off, but were arrested nearby. A badger cub was found dead at the sett and five injured terriers were also recovered. Mark Anderson defended Bradley and Steven Cooper defended Hattersley. They said they were after foxes and did not realise that a badger was in the hole. Name - Hawkins Ian Address - 18 Royal Avenue, Scarborough In court 22/12/95 Not guilty Magistrates - Scarborough Age/D.O.B - 26 Also charged - Alan Watts, Terry Watts, Steve Osbourne, Mike Osbourne and Brian Rhodes Notes - The six were cleared of badger related offences. All defended by Harry Topham, they had Barry Peachey as a witness. See Countryman’s Weekly 24/11/95, page 14. Name - Haytey John Address - Clarendon Road, Middlesborough Convicted - Autumn 1992 Fine - £500 Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 18 Also convicted - Les Yafano Notes - Both pleaded guilty to attempting to kill or injure a badger. Name - Heath Robert Leonard Address - Oscott Avenue, Little Hulton, Manchester Convicted - 30/5/86 Fine - £400 and £50 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - David Roberts and William Walsh Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers. Roberts also pleaded guilty to ill-treating one of his dogs and was fined an extra £100. (29 puncture wounds found on the dog) All defended by John Spittle. They all said they were given permission to hunt foxes. Roberts was also fined an extra £70 for having no tax disc and no M.O.T. on his car. Roberts Also has another conviction 11/5/87. Name - Hepple Jeffrey Address - Beech Crescent, Seaham In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 18 Also charged - Terrance Atkinson, Alan Bell and William Rochester Notes - Caught April 86. Travelled 30 miles to the reservoir. Found not guilty of digging for badgers, they said they were after foxes, all given £7 expenses Name - Hickey Darren Address - Wordsworth Cresent, Blacon, Chester Convicted - January 1987 Fine - £150 and £25 costs and £7.50 witness expenses Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Julian Mark Aird Notes - Caught 31/8/86. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Claimed they had been hare coursing with their terriers Name - Hickey Darren Address - Blacon Avenue, Blacon, Chester Convicted - 16/8/90 Fine - £200 and £50 costs Magistrates - Wrexham Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - James Dixon Notes - Defending Dixon, Mr Steven Everett claimed they were out loo |
