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Badger Baiters M-Z 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 Therefore some of the information might be out of date, such as address's. Listed By Surname First Name - Mackay Andrew Warner (Chairman of local lurcher and terrier club) Address - Butt Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse Convicted - 23/1/89 Fine - £410 and £100 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 37 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers, cruelty to a terrier and not having a dog licence. Said he was after foxes. He also said he was the chairman of his local lurcher and terrier club. Name - Mackay Martin Address - Nash Road, Chadwell Heath Convicted - 16/11/88 Fine - £300 and £20 costs Magistrates - Rochford Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Michael Dean 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 - Mackin Desmond Joseph (formally an official representative of the F & M.W.T.C.) Address - Castle Lodge, Banbridge, County Down Convicted - 6/10/97 Fine - 4 months Magistrates - Darlington Age/D.O.B - 43 Also convicted - Alone Notes - A haulier was sentenced to four months in prison and banned from keeping any animal for five years after becoming the first man ever to be caught unlawfully transporting a live badger. (formally an official representative of the Fell and Moorland Working Terrier Club) pleaded guilty to charges of possession of a badger and ill-treating a badger at Darlington Magistrates court on 6/10/97. Mackin was arrested by Durham police after being stopped in his lorry on the A66 at Bowes Moor on 11/1/97. Police requested RSPCA assistance after discovering a live badger tied up in a sack in the back of the lorry. Mackin had travelled to County Durham from Northern Ireland. An inspector of the RSPCA's Special Operations Unit, who assisted Durham police, said: "This is an extremely important case. It confirms our suspicions that badgers are being dug out and transported elsewhere for baiting. The badger was found tied up and covered in mud in the middle of the loaded wagon and we believe it had been driven all the way from Northern Ireland to be baited over here”. The badger was later found to be pregnant and after recovering from the ordeal gave birth to three cubs. After rehabilitation, the sow along with all the cubs were successfully released into the wild in the South of England. Name - Maher Peter Address - Grangeclare, Robenstown, County Kildare Convicted - 25/4/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Trim District Court Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - John Cassey 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 - Malham Carl Address - Esk Grove, Hartlepool Convicted - 8/3/88 Fine - £300 and £20 costs Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Ian Mckinley, Gary Wilson and John Connor Notes - All were found guilty of digging for badgers Name - Mallet Alan Address - Bryn Tirion Hill, Bridgend Convicted - 88/89 Fine - £500 and £500 costs Magistrates - Carmarthen Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Philip Williams Notes - Confirmed his involvement with Ledbury Foxhounds, also named four other fox hunts he had followed. Also another conviction for badger digging. Name - Mallet Alan Address - Bryn Triron Hill, Bridgend Convicted - 21/6/89 Fine - £750 and £650 costs Magistrates - Gloucester Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Philip Williams Notes - Caught 27/11/88. Both found guilty of digging for a badger, ill-treating a badger and trying to take a badger. Infiltrated by an undercover investigator. This is their second offence for badger digging Name - Mannix Dennis Luke Address - 24 Eden Court, Lillington, Leamington Spa In court - 5/12/90 Found Not guilty Magistrates - Leamington Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Simon Eaton and Jason Rheams Notes - Caught 8/2/90. Name - Marney Wayne Address - Hilton Road, Canvey Island In court - 18/3/88 Found Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - 28 Also charged - Steven Peck and Gary Brewster Notes - Caught 12/86. Found not guilty of digging for badgers. Mr Barry Gilbert defended all three. Name - Marriot David Robert Address - Armstrong Road, Mansfield Convicted - 20/11/85 Fine - £300 and £40 costs Magistrates - Mansfield Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Stephen Raymont, David Reast and Stephen Marriot Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. David Reast found guilty of attempting to take a badger and ill-treating a badger. Name - Marriot Stephen Paul Address - Armstrong Road, Mansfield Convicted - 20/11/85 Fine - £300 and £40 costs Magistrates - Mansfield Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - David Marriot, Stephen Raymont and David Reast Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. David Reast found guilty of attempting to take a badger and ill-treating a badger. Name - Marum Michael Address - Chapel Street, Ballanakill, County Laois Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - 6 months suspended sentence and £1000 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Michael Carroll, John Conroy, Tom Conolly 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 - Marshall Philip (Gamekeeper for East Dean Park) Address - Flat 14, Tatchells Forest Road, Midhurst Convicted - 19/1/94 Fine - 3 months Magistrates - Worthing Age/D.O.B - 1/1/53 Also convicted - Rodney Dibble and Stephen Hickson Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers and willfully killing a female and male badger. Name - Massey Robert John Address - Westleigh, Southmead, Bristol Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - £240 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Steven Farley, Lee Nash, 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 - Maxwell Stephen Address - Kingsland Crescent, Norris Green, Liverpool Convicted - 4/3/92 Fine - £300 and £42 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Carl Morgan Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 28/8/91 Name - Maxwell Stephen Address - 26 Hazelbeech Crescent, Liverpool Convicted - October 1992 Fine - 3 months suspended for 2 years and £109 costs Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Anthony Culley, Carl Morgan 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 - Maxwell Stephen Address - 26 Hazelbeech Crescent/ Kingland Crescent, Norris Green, Liverpool Convicted - 4/12/93 Fine - 6 months and implemented a 3 months sentence from an offence at Market Drayton. Magistrates - Mold Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Anthony Culley and Colin Buoey Notes - Caught 17/1/93. Found guilty of attempting to take a badger and interfering with a badger sett. They said they were digging for foxes. Maxwell and Culley have previous convictions for badger offences. Maxwell was also banned from owning a dog for the next 5 years. Name - May Kevin Address - Frank Webb Avenue, Crewe Convicted - 3/2/88 Fine - £200 and £20 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - 18 Also convicted - Wayne Oliver Notes - They were both found guilty of digging for badgers. Both defended by Mr David Sayer. A 14 year old youth was also found guilty of digging for badgers, and will be sentenced at a later date. They all said they were after foxes. Name - McColgan Peter James (Amateur Huntsman of Cumberland Farmers Foxhounds) Address - The Kennels, Welton, Dalston Convicted - 9/8/96 Fine - £150 and £250 costs Magistrates - Penrith Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Edwin Dickinson Notes - 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 - McHardy William Address - Dalry Convicted - ? Fine - £200 Magistrates - Kilmarnock Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Alan Wallace, Stephen Campbell Notes - All three claimed the dogs were only used for chasing rabbits Name - McKenzie Hamish Address - Shoreham-by-Sea Convicted - 10/7/86 Fine - £500 and £40.75 costs Magistrates - Bromley Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Andrew Bryant 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 - McKinley Ian Address - Earlston Walk, Hartlepool Convicted - 8/3/88 Fine - £250 and £20 costs Magistrates - Teesside Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Gary Wilson, John Connor and Carl Malham Notes - All were found guilty of digging for badgers. Name - McKinna Duncan (Gamekeeper) Address - Nursery Cottage, Sorn Estate Convicted - 17/6/94 Fine - £500 see below Magistrates - Ayr Age/D.O.B - Aged 29 Also convicted - Alone Notes - He was fined £150 for killing a badger and £350 for possession of a dead badger, which was found in his freezer Name - McLaughlin Anthony Address - Stevenage In court - ? Not guilty Magistrates - Welwyn Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Mark Bird 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 - McLeary William Address - Greenthorpe Hill, Leeds Convicted - 29/7/87 Fine - 2 months and £500 fine later reduced at appeal to 1 month and £100 fine Magistrates - Driffield Age/D.O.B - 34 Also convicted - Anthony Hooton, Andrew Talbot, Ian Myres and Andrew Mudd Notes - Caught 30/12/86. McLeary appealed against three offences attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, one of digging for badgers and further offence of cruelly ill-treating his dog. Banned from keeping dogs for 4 years. Name - McMullen Thomas Address - 13 Station Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port Convicted - 9/9/87 Fine - £125 and £35 costs Magistrates - Neston Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Ian Griffiths and Paul Hughes 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 - McMullen Thomas Address - 13 Station Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port Convicted - 10/10/87 Fine - £100 and £31.03 costs Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Paul Hughes, Keith Thomas, Kevin Walsh and Charles Fisher Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers Name - McNally James Address - Horn Drive, West Belfast Convicted - Spring 1991 Fine - £120 Magistrates - Belfast Age/D.O.B - Born 1964 Also convicted - Martin Owens, Sean Price and John Shannon Notes - All found guilty of cruelty to a fox which they then bagged, before it was set upon by seven dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years. Name - Melody Kevin Patrick Address - ? Convicted - 18/9/90 Fine - £400 and £140 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Graham Evans and Simon Camps Notes - Name - Mercer Thomas Edward Address - The Bungalow, Cross Swords Farm, Boot Road, Chorley First in court on 3/8/90, then 5/12/90. Fine - ? Magistrates - Telford Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - David Bradshaw, Steven 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 - Mitchell Andrew Richard Address - 71 Old Lane, Birkenshaw, Bradford Convicted - 1986 Fine - £400 and £20 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 19 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 - Moore Gary (Dartmoor Foxhounds supporter) Address - Ippleton, Newton Abbot Due in court Autumn 1992 Fine - ? Magistrates - Tavistock Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Michael Weir, Jonathan Northmoor and Paul Williams Notes - All charged with 2 offences of interfering with a badger sett. Name - Morgan Brinley Address - Plymouth Wood Close, Ely, Cardiff Convicted - March 1985 Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Notes - Fined for keeping a badger Name - Morgan Carl Address - 51 Belmont Drive, Liverpool Convicted - 4/3/92 Fine - £300 and £42 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Stephen Maxwell Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. Caught 28/8/91 Name - Morgan Carl Address - 51 Belmont Drive, Liverpool Convicted - October 1992 Fine - 3 months suspended for 2 years and £109 costs Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Anthony Culley, 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 - Morley Gary Address - Garret Avenue, Ravensdale, Mansfield In court 22/10/87 Not guilty (see below) Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B -19 Also charged - Andrew Holmes and Christopher Burgess 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 - Morley Gary Address - Middleton Court, Mansfield Convicted - 27/1/88 Fine - £500 and £165 costs see below Magistrates - Loughborough Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Christopher Burgess and Andrew Holmes 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 - Morley Gary Address - Middleton Court, Mansfield Convicted - 28/4/88 Fine - £600 and £120 costs Magistrates - Newark Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Neil Lowery, Andrew Holmes and Christopher Burgess 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 - Morley Gary Address - Bull Farm, Mansfield Convicted - 19/2/88 Fine - £700 and £30 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Christopher Burgess 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 - Morris David Address - Wood Street, Alfreton, Derby Convicted - 15/5/84 and appealed 13/12/84 Fine - 2 year conditional discharge and £236 costs, and ordered to pay £100 costs at the appeal (2 year conditional discharge to stand) Magistrates - Alfreton Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Philip Harrison, Lewis Edwards, Kevin Baines and Paul Cartwright 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 - Morris Leslie Address - Golf Link Cottages, Downley Common Convicted - 15/7/98 Fine - £150 with £50 costs Magistrates - High Wycombe Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Notes - Gamekeeper Leslie Morris of Golf Link Cottages, Downley Common, Buckinghamshire appeared in court charged with killing protected wild animals. Morris appeared before Wycombe magistrates on 24/10/97 and was remanded on bail until November 12. He faced a total of 16 charges: four of taking a badger; destroying a badger sett; handling a stolen Honda quad bike, (the property of Gold Star Trading); two breaches of firearms certificate regulations; killing three wild owls; setting snares to injure wild animals; using an illuminating device to assist in the killing of a badger; two cases of killing a sparrowhawk; using a Fenn trap for foxes in a non-approved way; taking an unknown number of badgers and of killing a buzzard. The charges relate to dates from January 1996 to August 1997 in the High Wycombe area. Leslie Morris was cleared of killing badgers, sparrowhawks and a buzzard on the Dashwood Estate in Buckinghamshire. High Wycombe magistrates heard on 15/7/98 how Morris a gamekeeper for the Bradenham Hill shooting syndicate had recorded his killings in a sportsman’s journal. During the trial Jason Runciman, an underkeeper, told the court that Morris had admitted killing badgers and feeding live fox cubs to his dogs. Morris was fined £150 with £50 costs for keeping ammunition unsecured. Name - Morrissey Thomas (Publican) Address - Cassagh In court - ? His charges were dropped Magistrates - New Ross Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Thomas Roachford and Tom Quinn Notes - Both the others were found guilty of unlawfully killing a badger and two cubs. Caught 15/4/90. Name - Mossop Raymond (Youth employment supervisor) Address - Palmers Lane, Millom Convicted - 30/1/83 Fine - £700 Magistrates - Millom Age/D.O.B - 46 Also convicted - Stephen Mossop, Alan O'Brian, Michael Crelin and John Turner Notes - 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 - Mossop Stephen Address - Palmers Lane, Millom Convicted - 30/1/83 Fine - £700 Magistrates - Millom Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Raymond Mossop, Alan O'Brian, Michael Crelin and John Turner Notes - 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 - Mountford Leslie James Address - 132 Higher Green Lane, or Ashton/Ellesmere Street, Tyldesley Convicted - 20/8/87 and appealed Fine - £500 and £150 costs Magistrates - Vale Royal and Knutsford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Gerald Treanor, Anthony Concannon 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 - Movat Stephen Address - St Ambrose Court, Liverpool In court 12/12/82 Not guilty Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 25 Also charge - Peter Dobbs and Stephen Kendrick Notes - All found not guilty of unlawfully attempting to take a badger. Caught August 1982. However a charge of causing £70 damage to Royden Park was proved and they were fined £35 each. They said they were hunting foxes and had killed over 400 in the last few years. Movat also has a conviction for other badger offences. Name -Movat Steven Address - Redromes, Bootle Convicted - 28/8/87 Fine - £500 and £73 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Francis Guatella, Andrew Kelly and Robert Gilmore Notes - They said they were after foxes. All found guilty of digging for a badgers Name - Mudd Andrew George John Address - Bodmin Place, Middleton, Leeds Convicted - Did not appear in court with the others, due to appear 24/8/87 (no press clippings of the verdict) Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Anthony Hooton, Andrew Talbot, Ian Myres and Ian Myres. Notes - See Anthony Hooton. Name - Mudd Andrew George John Address - Bodmin Place, Middleton, Leeds In court 29/7/87 Case adjourned Magistrates - Driffield Age/D.O.B - Born 1969 Also charged - Anthony Hooton, William McLeary, Andrew Talbot and Ian Myres. Notes - Name - Mullahy Andrew Address - Bridgend Road, Measteg Convicted - Spring 1995 Fine - ? Magistrates - Tenby Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - John Hill, Brian James and Paul Brian Notes - All pleaded guilty to digging for badgers. Name - Mulligan Patrick Address - Knockmore, Carbury, County Kildare Convicted - 25/4/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Trim District Court Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Peter Maher and John Casey 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 - Mullin William Richard Address - Wythenshaw, Manchester Convicted - 20/4/90 Fine - ? Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 24/1/62 Also convicted - Vincent Walldock, David Lonston and Jonathan Crowther Notes - Name - Murray Martin Address - Stockbridge Close, Greatfield Estate, Hull Convicted - ? Fine - £300 and £300 costs Magistrates - Pocklington Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Andrew Dalton and John Fairburn 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 - Murry Martin Edward Address - Corcrain Gardens, Portadown Convicted - 28/1/89 Fine - 6 months in a Young Offenders Centre and £50 fine Magistrates - Craigavon Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Jeffrey Duncan, Peter Gorman and Colin Duncan. 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 - Murray Paul Address - 254 Maidstone Close, Ernesettle, Plymouth or Llewellyn Avenue, Cardiff Convicted - 9/1/86 Fine - £300 and £200 costs Magistrates - Taunton Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Christopher Newton, Phillip Dann 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 - Myres Ian Lawerence Address - Helston Walk, Middleton, Leeds Convicted - 29/7/87 Fine - £500 fine Magistrates - Driffield Age/D.O.B - Born 1963 Also convicted - Anthony Hooton, William McLeary, Andrew Talbot and Andrew Mudd Notes - Name - Naisbett Ronald Address - Earsdon Road, Hall Lane Estate, Houghton-le-Spring Convicted - 13/6/86 Fine - £300 and £91 costs Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 36 Also convicted - Colin Agar 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 - Napier William Address - Widdecombe Lane, Clifton Estate, Nottingham Convicted - 23/12/83 Fine - £500 and £230 costs Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Mark Shaw, Brian Cupitt 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 - Nash David Address - Markmanor Avenue, Walthamstow Convicted - 2/10/90 Fine - £700 and £300 costs Magistrates - Colchester Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to a fox which he had trapped down it's earth. He also received a 10 year ban on animals. Name - Nash Jeffrey Stanley Address - Caeglas, Penrhiwfer Convicted - 31/1/85 Fine - £250 and costs Magistrates - Haverford Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Stephen Palterman, Andrew Thomas, David Bartlett and Jeffrey Leyshon Notes - They said they were after foxes. Caught July 84. Found guilty of causing suffering to five dogs by keeping them confined in a boot of a car, cruelly ill-treating a badger and procuring or aiding and abetting two dogs to fight. All were defended by Mr Wyn Rees. Name - Nash Lee Address - Mancrotf Road, Lawerence Weston Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - £240 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Steven Farley, 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 - Nettle Mark Anthony Address - Tan-y-Coed, Swansea Valley In court 23/7/86 Not guilty Magistrates - Ammanford Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Alan Farthing and Neville Davies Notes - Nettle and Farthing also cleared of dog fighting Name - Newall Gary Address - Popular Road, Lache, Chester In court 22/2/85 Fine - ? Magistrates - Wrexham Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Darren Challinor Notes - Charged with attempting to kill or injure a badger. They were both caught 2/2/85. Name - Newbury Vincent Address - Miles Road, Ely, Cardiff Convicted - 17/6/89 Fine - £400 and £100 costs Magistrates - Whitland Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Clive Reid-Smith and Richard Jones Notes - Caught 6/11/88. Gang was infiltrated by two undercover investigators. Found guilty of digging for a badger. Graham Walters was defending all three. Name - Newell Gary Address - Popular Road, Lache In court 22/2/85 due to appear again 25/4/85 Fine - ? Magistrates - Wrexham Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Darren Challinor 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 - Newton Christopher Address - 14 Northumberland Street, Weston Mill, Plymouth Convicted - 18/1/84 Fine - £800 and £285 costs (for breakdown see Below) Magistrates - Totnes Age/D.O.B - 30 Also convicted - Notes - Stephen Walker defending. Newton was fined £100 on each of four charges of killing, injuring or taking badgers. and a further £100 on each of four charges of cruelly ill-treating badgers. He was acquitted on four charges of using artificial light to take badgers. He had diaries (4 with over 200 pages) and photographs of which he kept records of the foxes, hares, badgers and deer he had hunted with lurcher dogs/terriers over the years. Name - Newton Christopher Address - 14 Northumberland Street, Weston Mill, Plymouth or Llewellyn Avenue, Cardiff Convicted - 9/1/86 Fine - £500 and £200 costs. Magistrates - Taunton Age/D.O.B - 35 Also convicted - Paul Murray, Phillip Dann 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 - Nicolas Barry William Address - Lurgan Walk, Knowle Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - £240 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Steven Farley, Lee Nash, Robert Massey and Julian Vokins 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 - Nightingale Paul Address - 18 Thornfield Avenue, Waterfoot, Rossendale Convicted - 12/4/90 Fine - £1000 and £250 costs Magistrates - Kendal Age/D.O.B - 36 Also convicted - Keith Simpson and Kenneth Place Notes - Convicted of digging for a badger and ill-treating a dog. Offence took place on 10/9/89. Name - Nightingale Sean Address - 4 Ballcarres Road, Ashton, Preston Convicted - 27/1/90 Fine - £1000 and £250 costs Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Steven Fishwick, Gordon Grimshaw, David Travis and Paul 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 - Noon Peter Address - 45 West Avenue, Goldbourne, Wigan Convicted - 6/8/87 Fine - £200 and £25 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Mark Tempest, John Billington, Thomas Cundliffe 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 - Norman John William Address - Barnes Road, Murton, Durham Convicted - First in court 22/2/96 then sentenced on 3/9/96 Fine - 2 year conditional discharge Magistrates - Durham Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Kevin Gustard Notes - Admitted a charge of interfering with a badger sett. Caught 10/9/95 by Mr John Hall, a gamekeeper. 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 Norman and the puppy’s mother, who was fitted with a tracking device, he then entered the dog into the sett. Police the swooped and arrested them. Gustard told police he knew it was a badger sett but was trying to get his puppy out. The court was told that Norman had been given a 3 month sentence for an unconnected offence by Peterloo Magistrates on 30/8/96. Name - Northmoor Jonathan (Whipper-in with Dartmoor Foxhounds) Address - East Monksmoor, Bittaford, PL21 0HE Due in court Autumn 1992 Fine -? Magistrates - Tavistock Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Michael Weir, Gary Moore and Paul Williams Notes - All charged with 2 offences of interfering with a badger sett. Name - O'Brian Alan (Postman) Address - Settle Street, Millom Convicted - 30/1/83 Fine - £700 Magistrates - Millom Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Rarmond Mossop, Stephen Mossop, Michael Crelin and John Turner Notes - 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 - Oliver Wayne Address - Leighton Park, Crewe Convicted - 3/2/88 Fine - £200 and £20 costs Magistrates - Crewe Age/D.O.B - 17 Also convicted - Kevin May Notes - They were both found guilty of digging for badgers. Both defended by Mr David Sayer. A 14 year old youth was also found guilty of digging for badgers, and will be sentenced at a later date. They all said they were after foxes. Name - Osbourne Andrew Address - Woodhouse Avenue, Gotham Convicted - 23/12/83 Fine - £500 and £230 costs Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Mark Shaw, Brian Cupitt and William Napier 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 - Osbourne Steve and Mike Address - 27 Oxcliffe, Barrowcliff, Scarborough In court 22/12/94 Not guilty Magistrates - Scarborough Age/D.O.B - 29 and 31 Also charged - Ian Hawkins, Alan and Terry Watts 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 - Owen Nigel (Hospital assistant) Address - Greenmoor Avenue, Lofthouse, Wakefield Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine -£300 and £15 costs Magistrates - Wetherby Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Wayne Davies, Andrew Greyston and Mark Eyles 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 - Owens Lawrence Address - 16 Station Terrace, Washington Convicted - 6/3/86 Fine - £150 and £26.80 costs Magistrates - Derwentside Age/D.O.B - 24 Also convicted - Shaun Butler Notes - Caught 12/12/85. Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Both defended by Mr Terry Robson Name - Owens Martin Peter Address - Horn Drive, West Belfast Convicted - Spring 1991 Fine - £120 Magistrates - Belfast Age/D.O.B - Born 1973 Also convicted - Sean Price, John Shannon and James McNally Notes - All found guilty of cruelty to a fox which they then bagged, before it was set upon by seven dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years. Name - Palterman Stephen Hugh Address - Mikado Street, Penygraig Convicted - 31/1/85 Fine - £250 and costs Magistrates - Haverford Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Andrew Thomas, Jeffrey Nash, David Bartlett and Jeffrey Leyshon Notes - They said they were after foxes. Caught July 84. Found guilty of causing suffering to five dogs by keeping them confined in a boot of a car, cruelly ill-treating a badger and procuring or aiding and abetting two dogs to fight. All were defended by Mr Wyn Rees. Name - Parker Jason Alan Address - Lyth Road, Lancaster In court 12/2/94, trial due to take place 21/22 April 1994 Fine -? Magistrates - Appleby Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Robert Clark and Paul Florkowskie Notes - Caught 8/12/93. All charged with interference with a badger sett. Name - Parr Tom Address - Emo Portlaois, County Laois Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - 6 months suspended sentence and £1000 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Michael Carroll, John Conroy, Tom Conolly and Michael Marum Notes - All brought to court after Channel 4 undercover programme on badger digging holidays in Eire. Name - Partington Christopher Address - Grove Bank Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent Convicted - 20/1/89 and appealed and lost 31/3/89 Fine - £450 and £60 costs Magistrates - Eccleshall and Stafford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Sean Carley 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 - Parton Philip David Address - Uttley Street, Bolton In court 8/10/92 Had his charges dropped Magistrates - Blackburn Age/D.O.B - 28 Also charged - Stephen Brooks Notes - Had charges of attempting to take a badger, and interfering with a badger sett dropped. Name - Patterman Stephen Hugh Address - Mucado Street, Penygraig Convicted - January 1985 Fine - ? Magistrates - Haverfordwest Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Notes - see Jeffrey Nash Name - Pavitt Mark Graham Address - 20 Ashley Road, 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 - 23 Also convicted - Nicolas Dixon 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 - Payton Philip David Address - Uttley Street, Bolton In court 8/10/92 Had his charges dropped Magistrates - Blackburn Age/D.O.B - Aged 28 Also charged - Stephen Brooks Notes - Both defended by Mr Richard Carter Name - Pearce Gary Address - 5 Kipling Road, Lower Gornal, Dudley Convicted - 24/10/95 Fine - £750 and £50 costs Magistrates - Seisdon Age/D.O.B - Aged 21 Also convicted - Robert Pearce and Stephen Shakespeare Notes - Gary Pearce and Robert Pearce pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett, Stephen Shakespeare pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the Pearces. Caught 4/6/95 at 9 p.m. Stephen Shakespeare was the landowner, he claims he told the two men to fill in rabbit and fox holes. Robert Pearce was also fined £250 for possessing a shotgun found at the badger sett. Shakespeare is also a horse meat dealer and his brother David, is also a horse meat dealer and lives at Shakespeare Yard, Oak Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands. Name - Pearce Robert (father of Gary) Address - 5 Kipling Road, Lower Gornal, Dudley Convicted - 24/10/95 Fine - £750 and £50 costs also fined £250 for possessing a shotgun Magistrates - Seisdon Age/D.O.B - Aged 48 Also convicted - Gary Pearce and Stephen Shakespeare Notes - Gary Pearce and Robert Pearce pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett, Stephen Shakespeare pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the Pearces. Caught 4/6/95 at 9.00p.m. Stephen Shakespeare was the landowner, he claims he told the two men to fill in rabbit and fox holes. Robert Pearce was also fined £250 for possessing a shotgun found at the badger sett. Shakespeare is also a horse meat dealer and his brother David, is also a horse meat dealer and lives at Shakespeare Yard, Oak Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands. Name - Pearson Gary Address - Souldern Way, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent Convicted - 15/1/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 34 Also convicted - Nicholas Grooby, 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 - Pearson Leslie Address -Willowdene, Cotgrave Convicted - 9/7/76 Fine - £80 and £15 costs Magistrates - Birmingham Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Caught 21/12/75. Found guilty of digging for badgers. Name - Peck Steven Address - Hilton Road, Canvey Island In court 18/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - 28 Also charged - Wayne Marney and Gary Brewster Notes - Caught 12/86. Found not guilty of digging for badgers. Mr Barry Gilbert defended all three Name - Perry Bernard Address - Green Avenue, Little Hulton, Salford Convicted - 23/11/95 due back 19/12/95 for sentence Fine - 100 hours community service, £260 costs and banned from keeping a dog for 5 years Magistrates - Leek then Cheadle Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - David Worral Notes - Both admitted interfering with a badger sett and causing unnecessary suffering to a dog. Charges of digging for badgers and attempting to kill or capture a badger were dropped. A Peak Park warden called the police after seeing two men acting suspiciously near a sett. One appeared to be digging in an entrance hole and dogs were heard barking. When they were confronted they said they had been given permission by a farmer to hunt foxes and rabbits. Mark Davies defending Perry said they had already caught a fox, then their terrier ran off down a badger sett after another. Name - Perry David Address - Picton Street, Griffithstown Convicted - 16/4/90 Fine - £50 Magistrates - Usk Age/D.O.B - Born 1966 Also convicted - Colin Day and Mark Walker Notes - Name - Peter Dobbs Address - Newman Street, Liverpool In court 12/12/82 Not guilty Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Stephen Movat and Stephen Kendrick Notes - All found not guilty of unlawfully attempting to take a badger. Caught August 1982. However a charge of causing £70 damage was proved and they were fined £35 each. They said they were hunting foxes and had killed over 400 in the last few years. Movat also has a conviction for other badger offences. Name - Pettiperre Gary Address - Belper Road, Alderwasley Convicted - 18-19/9/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Bakewell Age/D.O.B - 37 Also convicted - Garry Shaw, David Wragg and Michael Holland Notes - They were found guilty of interfering with a badger sett, digging for badgers and killing a badger. The court heard on they were seen on 10/3/96 by a badger protection group. The group were keeping watch on a sett when they observed the four approach the sett and begin digging. They then watched in horror as a badger was knifed, then bludgeoned to death. The police were called and found the body of a fully grown male badger still warm in a shallow grave near the sett. The four told the police they had been looking for foxes (there goes that old excuse again) and had nothing to do with the badgers death. However, Wragg told magistrates he had stabbed the badger through the heart and then buried it. He said the two terriers were on a scent and had run into the sett, he then dug out the terriers and found one dog locked jaw-to-jaw with the badger and the other dog was also clamped onto it. Wragg said the killing was unavoidable. “It was not sport. I did it to save the dogs.” Police took a knife from Wragg and a boiler suit from Holland both were bloodstained and DNA genetic profiling (used for the first time in such a case) matched the blood of the dead badger. On 17/10/97 all were sentenced to five months in prison by Bakewell magistrates, however all were released on police bail pending an appeal at Derby Crown Court. The court also ordered that their terriers be forfeited to the RSPCA. Following a failed appeal at Derby Crown Court on 12/2/98, Holland was sentenced to four months, Wragg and Pettipierre both received three months sentences. Name - Pick Alistair Frank (member of F. & M.W.T.C.) (roofing contractor) Address - 26 Curzon Road, Aylestone, Leicester Convicted - 9/3/90 and appealed 27/9/90 Fine - £1000 and £141 costs and £900 costs of the appeal (£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 and Leicester Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - John Ford, Neil Chappell and Mark Sloan Notes - Judge Christopher Young sat at Leicester Crown Court, he branded Pick a liar and deeply untruthful Name - Pipes David Address - 97 Danebury Drive, York (maybe his mothers/sisters house) Convicted - September 1995 Fine - 3 months reduced to 180 hours community service after appeal Magistrates - York Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Notes - Found guilty of possessing part of a dead badger. He kept the head of the badger in his freezer. Pipes said he found it when walking with his dog. Defended by Mr Michael Atkin. Following an appeal on 23/9/95 his sentence was reduced to 180 hours community service by Judge John Cotton Name - Place Kenneth Brian Address - Underwood Farm, Clough Fold, Rossendale Convicted - 12/4/90 Fine - £350 and £180 costs Magistrates - Kendal Age/D.O.B - 56 Also convicted - Keith Simpson and Paul Nightingale Notes - Convicted of digging for a badger and ill-treating a dog. Offence took place on 10/9/89. Name - Poyser Mark Address - Tyburn Road, Erdington Convicted - 26/2/87 and appealed 19/5/87 Fine - £400 and £100 fine cut in half at appeal Magistrates - Bromsgrove and Worcester Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 34 Also convicted - John Collins, Martin Bradley 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 - Prescott David Address - Woodcote Close, Orford, Warrington Convicted - ? Fine - £50 and £30 costs Magistrates - Runcorn Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - John Buckley, 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 - Price Sean Vincent Address - Horn Drive, West Belfast Convicted - Spring 1991 Fine - £120 Magistrates - Belfast Age/D.O.B - Born 1968 Also convicted - Martin Owens, John Shannon and James McNally Notes - All found guilty of cruelty to a fox which they then bagged, before it was set upon by seven dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years. Name - Pritchard Steven Address - Bron-y-Garth, Caernarfon Convicted - 11/12/90 Fine - £450 and £115 costs Magistrates - Pyllheli Age/D.O.B - Born 1965 Also convicted - Wynn-Owen Notes - Name - Purcell Gary James Address - Hilton Court, Sefton, Liverpool Convicted - 1981 Fine - £100 and £10 costs Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - James Sherrin and Kevin Walsh Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. There was also a fourth person, a 16 year old boy from Bootle who was also fined £100 and £10 costs. Name - Purden Barry Address - 29 Oriel Road, Bootle, Liverpool Convicted - 1/1/89 Fine - 30 days Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 27 Also convicted - Stephen Horton Notes - Both were found guilty of cruelty to an adult male fox, which they trapped and killed with four dogs while in West Kirby. They also buried the animal alive after it had gone to ground. Name - Purden Tony Address - Church Street, Mountnessing, Brentwood In court 18/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Born 1961 Also charged - Harry Taylor and Duane Smith Notes - Name - Quinn Tom Address - Courthoyle Convicted - 4/12/90 Fine - £40 Magistrates - New Ross Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Thomas Roachford and Thomas Morrissey (charges were dropped) Notes - Both found guilty of unlawfully killing a badger and two cubs. Caught 15/4/90. Name - Rawlings Stephen Address - Bruntleigh Avenue, Latchford, Warrington Due to appear in court 26/9/87 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warrington Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - John Brocklehurst, Peter Daly and Allen Harrison Notes - Charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Name - Raymont Stephen John Address - David Street, Kirby-in-Ashfield Convicted - 20/11/85 Fine - £300 and £40 costs Magistrates - Mansfield Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - David and Stephen Marriot and David Reast Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. David Reast found guilty of attempting to take a badger and ill-treating a badger. Name - Reast David Mark Address - Beck Crescent Convicted - 20/11/85 Fine - £200 and £40 costs Magistrates - Mansfield Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - David and Stephen Marriot and Stephen Raymont Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger, digging for a badger and ill-treating a badger. David Reast found guilty of attempting to take a badger and ill-treating a badger. Name - Rees Paul Lewis (factory worker) Address - East Road, Tylorstown, Pontypridd Convicted - 1986 Fine - £200 and £60 costs and a further £100 costs at the appeal Magistrates - Narberth and Carmarthern Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Nigel Griffiths, Michael Lane, Gerald Durham and Carl Casey Notes - All found guilty of attempting to take a badger. Mr Leighton Davies defended them all. Name - Reid-Smith Clive (Self employed builder) Address - Appledor Road, Mynachdy, Cardiff Convicted - 17/6/89 Fine - £400 and £100 costs Magistrates - Whitland Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Vincent Newbury and Richard Jones Notes - Caught 6/11/88. Gang was infiltrated by two undercover investigators. Found guilty of digging for a badger. Graham Walters was defending all three. Name - Rheams Jason Address - 19 Oxford Street, Leamington Spa In court 5/12/90 Not guilty Magistrates - Leamington Age/D.O.B - 23 Also charged - Simon Eaton and Dennis Mannix Notes - Caught 8/2/90. Name - Rhode Michael Rowland Address - 153 New Hall Lane, Preston Convicted - 1994 Fine - £200 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Kevin Rushton/Rishton Notes - Name - Rhodes Michael Address - Park Terrace, Oswestry In court 1/10/92 due back 11/11/92 Fine - ? Magistrates - Welshpool Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Alone Notes - Charged with damaging a badger sett and putting a dog into a sett. Name - Richards Robert Charles Address - Garden City, Merthyr Convicted - August 1986 Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Notes - see Andrew Evans Name - Richards William John Address - Harrold Road, Rowley Regis Convicted - 10/7/96 then sentenced on 13/8/96 Fine - 150 community service and £150 costs Magistrates - Oswestry Age/D.O.B - 46 Also convicted - Stuart Fellows 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 heard barking and went to see what was going on. On arrival at a 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 the local resident across the field and at one point hit him 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. Name - Richardson Mark Andrew Address - Little Lane, Ilkley In court 10/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Harrogate Age/D.O.B - 21 Also charged - Peter Lawson and Christopher Wade Notes - Also a fourth man Mr David Atkinson of King Edward's Crescent, Horsforth, Leeds was also at the wood. Caught 17/1/87. All three were found not guilty of unlawfully digging for badgers and unlawfully attempting to take badgers. A charge against Lawson of possessing a dead badger was dismissed after the prosecution asked for it to be withdrawn. Mr Granville Rooley defended all three. They said they were looking for foxes. Name - Roachford Thomas Address - Courthoyle Convicted - 4/12/90 Fine - £40 Magistrates - New Ross Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Tom Quinn and Thomas Morrissey (charges were dropped) Notes - Both found guilty of unlawfully killing a badger and two cubs. Caught 15/4/90. Name - Roberts David Address - Rowe Green, Worsley, Manchester Convicted - 30/5/86 Fine - £400 and £50 costs Magistrates - Chesterfield Age/D.O.B - 35 Also convicted - Robert Heath 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 - Roberts David (self employed roofer) Address - 7 Torrington Avenue, Swinton, Manchester Convicted -11/5/87 Fine - £750 and £329 costs Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 36 Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. Claimed he was looking for foxes. He did have a dead fox in his Land Rover, however a post-mortem found that the fox had been dead for weeks. Roberts has a previous conviction for digging in the Ashover area and was fined £400 at Chesterfield Magistrates Court (30/5/86). Name - Roberts Kevin Address - 106 Bluebell Lane, Huyton, Liverpool Convicted - 27/11/89 Fine - £250 and £75 costs Magistrates - Berwyn Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Anthony Fielding, Malcolm Hopwood 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 - Roberts Peter Address - Radnor Drive, Bootle, Liverpool Convicted - In court 25/7/? Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 43 Also charged - Alone Notes - Faces 4 charges of being in possession of two dead badger cubs, a buzzard and a short-eared owl. Name - Robson Peter Address - Alvingham Terrace, Middlesborough Due in court 26/11/92 Fine - ? Magistrates - Richmond Age/D.O.B - 21 Also charged - Malcolm Gray and Andrew Thompson Notes - Caught in January 1992. All are charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, digging for badgers, interfering with a badger sett, causing damage to a badger sett and sending a dog down a badger sett. Name - Rochester William Address - Watling Avenue, Seaham In court 20/11/87 Not guilty Magistrates - Hexham Age/D.O.B - 24 Also charged - Terrance Atkinson, Alan Bell 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 - Rogers Stephen James Address - Lane Avenue, Walsall Convicted - 10/7/96 Fine - 150 community service and £150 costs Magistrates - Oswestry Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - William Richards and Stuart Fellows 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 heard barking and went to see what was going on. On arrival at a 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 the local resident across the field and at one point hit him 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. Name - Rooke Christopher (Amateur terrier man with York and Ainsty South F.H.) Address - Newton-on-Ouse Convicted - 5/7/96 Fine - £750 and £60 costs Magistrates - Easingwold Age/D.O.B - 37 Also convicted - Notes - Admitted to interfering with a badger sett. The incident happened during a meet of the York and Ainsty South in 1996. A local landowner who had fenced off an area of his land after he felt the fewer people who knew about the sett the better. However, later that day the landowner noticed the fence had been broken down and somebody was digging up the sett. Rooke who has 20 years experience an amateur terrierman did not believe it was a sett, he thought it was a rabbit warren, and was told there was a fox down it and it was his job to get the fox out. Mr Darwin, mitigating said: “It wasn’t his intention to harm the badger or the sett and he has expressed his remorse”. Name - Rooney Joseph Address - Whitecroft Road, Liverpool Convicted - 13/3/87 Fine - £1500 (£750 for each offence) Magistrates - Hawkshead Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Joseph Colbeck 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 - Roscoe John Address - Blacker Street, Burnley Convicted - 3/4/82 Fine - £120 (£40 for each offence) and £30 costs Magistrates - Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Kenneth Coulthurst Notes - Found guilty of twice digging for badgers and being in possession of a badger. They said they were after foxes. Name - Rossiter John (Earth-stopper with the South-West Wiltshire Hunt) Address - Cock Farm, Cock Road, Laverton, Frome Convicted - 26/3/93 Fine - £160 and £150 costs Magistrates - Shepton Mallet Age/D.O.B - 41 Also convicted - Notes - Found guilty of interfering with a badger sett. Defended by Mr Andrew Peebles. There was a charge of ill-treating badgers dropped. Name - Rushton/Rishton Kevin Anthony Address - 2 Moordale Road or 36 Hawthorne Road, Ribbleton, Preston Convicted - 1994 Fine - £200 Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Michael Rhode Notes - Name - Sanderson Ronny Address - Halifax Convicted - ? Fine - £100 and £750 costs Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Found guilty of possession of badger parts under the Badgers Act and for possession of a tawny owl under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. Magistrates heard how Sanderson claimed the badger was a road casualty, however, it was found to have dog bites on its neck. The court also heard how the owl had lead shot injuries. Name - Scott Paul Kevin (miner) Address - Albert Road, Mexborough Convicted - 23/9/87 and appealed 17/3/88 Fine - £250 and £50 costs and £320 costs at the appeal Magistrates - Thorne then Doncaster Crown Court for the appeal Age/D.O.B - 29 Also convicted - Andrew Thompson Notes - Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Cleared of digging for badgers. They said they were after foxes, Paul Scott said he was an experienced fox hunter in the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District. Spotted by an infa-red camera at the nearby power station. Name - Scott Peter Address - Hammond Drive, Darlington Convicted - 27/11/93 Fine - £250 and £50 costs Magistrates - Richmond Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Ivan Greaves Notes - They were both convicted of interfering with a badger sett. They were caught in January by two policemen who were alerted by a local farmer. They were caught digging at the sett and they also had a lurcher. They claimed that their terrier had chased a fox down the hole and were trying to dig it out. Name - Scott Wayne Address - Denmark Street, Liverpool Convicted - 6/6/86 Fine - £150 and £96.83 costs Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Philip Hughes and Stephen Horton Notes - Caught 24/8/85. Found guilty of attempting to take badgers and digging for badgers. All three said they were after foxes. Name - Scott Wayne Address - East Street, Waterloo, Liverpool Convicted - 13/3/87 Fine - Maybe £1500 (£750 for each offence) Magistrates - Hawkshead Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Joseph Colbeck and Joseph Rooney Notes - Scott has a previous conviction dated 6/6/86. 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 - Settle John (member of F.& M.W.T.C.) Address - Bacup In court 19/2/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 21 Also charged - Michael Birt 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 - Shakespeare Stephen Address - Greenhill Farm, 120 Sandyfields Road, Dudley Convicted - 24/10/95 Fine - £175 and £50 costs Magistrates - Seisdon Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Gary and Robert Pearce Notes - Gary Pearce and Robert Pearce pleaded guilty to interfering with a badger sett, Stephen Shakespeare pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the Pearces. Caught 4/6/95 at 9.00p.m. Stephen Shakespeare was the landowner, he claims he told the two men to fill in rabbit and fox holes. Robert Pearce was also fined £250 for possessing a shotgun found at the badger sett. Shakespeare is also a horse meat dealer and his brother David, is also a horse meat dealer and lives at Shakespeare Yard, Oak Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands. Name - Shannon John Fitzgerald Address - Horn Drive, West Belfast Convicted - Spring 1991 Fine - £120 Magistrates - Belfast Age/D.O.B - Born 1972 Also convicted - Martin Owens, Sean Price and James McNally Notes - All found guilty of cruelty to a fox which they then bagged, before it was set upon by seven dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years. Name - Shaw David (Wore a F & MWTC tie in court) Address - 12 Royal Thorn Drive, Benchill, Manchester, M22 7AZ Convicted - 24/9/90 Fine - 3 months, £1000 and £300 costs Magistrates - Brecon Age/D.O.B - Born 1967 Also convicted - Trevor Limb, Mark White, Shaun Williams and David Leach Notes - They made a video of the badgers being killed, the badgers were stabbed, shot and coursed. All received a ban on keeping animals for 5 years. Name - Shaw Garry Address - White Terrace, Rowsley near Bakewell Convicted - 18-19/9/97 Fine - See below Magistrates - Matlock Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Gary Pettipierre, David Wragg and Michael Holland Notes - They were found guilty of interfering with a badger sett, digging for badgers and killing a badger. The court heard on they were seen on 10/3/96 by a badger protection group. The group were keeping watch on a sett when they observed the four approach the sett and begin digging. They then watched in horror as a badger was knifed, then bludgeoned to death. The police were called and found the body of a fully grown male badger still warm in a shallow grave near the sett. The four told the police they had been looking for foxes (there goes that old excuse again) and had nothing to do with the badgers death. However, Wragg told magistrates he had stabbed the badger through the heart and then buried it. He said the two terriers were on a scent and had run into the sett, he then dug out the terriers and found one dog locked jaw-to-jaw with the badger and the other dog was also clamped onto it. Wragg said the killing was unavoidable. “It was not sport. I did it to save the dogs.” Police took a knife from Wragg and a boiler suit from Holland both were bloodstained and DNA genetic profiling (used for the first time in such a case) matched the blood of the dead badger. On 17/10/97 all were sentenced to five months in prison by Bakewell magistrates, however all were released on police bail pending an appeal at Derby Crown Court. The court also ordered that their terriers be forfeited to the RSPCA. Following a failed appeal at Derby Crown Court on 12/2/98, Holland was sentenced to four months, Wragg and Pettipierre both received three months sentences. Name - Shaw Mark (Earth stopper with the Quorn Hunt) Address - Hilltop Cottage, Staunton Harold, Leicester Convicted - 23/12/83 Fine - £700 and £230 costs (see below) Magistrates - Nottingham Age/D.O.B - 33 Also convicted - 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 - Sheridan Paul Address - Johnson Fold Avenue, Bolton Convicted - 21/8/99 Fine - 150 hours community service and £150 costs Magistrates - Blackburn Age/D.O.B - 43 Also convicted - Shaun Harwood 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 and Shaun Harwood 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 - Sherrin James Christopher Address - Hilton Court, Sefton, Liverpool Convicted - 1981 Fine - £100 and £10 costs Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Gary Purcell and Kevin Walsh Notes - Found guilty of digging for badgers. There was also a fourth person, a 16 year old boy from Bootle who was also fined £100 and £10 costs. Name - Simpson Keith Thomas Address - 7 North Road, Clough Fold, Rossendale Convicted - 12/4/90 Fine - £850 and £250 costs Magistrates - Kendal Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Paul Nightingale and Kenneth Place Notes - Convicted of digging for a badger and ill-treating a dog. Offence took place on 10/9/89. Name - Simpson Paul (Terrier man with Gelligaer Farmers Fox Hunt) Address - Nuins Crescent, Graig Wen, Pontypridd Convicted - 7/3/95 Fine - 2 year conditional discharge and £750 costs Magistrates - Swansea Age/D.O.B - Aged 24 Also convicted - Notes - Found guilty of interfering with a badger sett. He was also banned from keeping dogs for 5 years. Name - Sloan Mark Address - 38 Markfield 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 - 20 Also convicted - John Ford, Alistair Pick and Neil Chappell Notes - 44 years digging experience between them all Name - Slorkoweski Paul Address - Derwent Road, Lancaster Convicted - ? Fine - £65 and £60 costs Magistrates - Lancaster Age/D.O.B - 20 Also convicted - Robert Snape Notes - Name - Smalley Fredrick Address - Hill Farm, Kineton Lane, Warmington Convicted - ? Fine - ? Magistrates - ? Age/D.O.B - 69 Also caught - David Clark and Richard Underhill Notes - He 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. Banbury magistrates took only one hour to find Clark and Underhill 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 near Great Bourton 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, at Great Bourton, near Banbury, 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. Name - Smith Clive Reed Address - Appledore Road, Mynachdy Convicted - 17/6/89 Fine - £400 and £100 costs Magistrates - Whitland Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Richard Jones and Vincent Newbury Notes - Name - Smith Duane Address - Rowan Green Estate, Brentwood In court 18/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Born 1969 Also charged - Harry Taylor and Tony Purden Notes - Name - Smith Ian Address - 12 Marion Close, Netherton, Liverpool Convicted - 25/8/87 Fine - £500 and £45 costs Magistrates - Flint Age/D.O.B - 30/7/62 Also convicted - John Colleran and Peter Davies Notes - Name - Smith Paul Anthony Address - Hardman Avenue, Rawtenstall Convicted - 13/3/81 Fine - £50 and £15 costs Magistrates - Runcorn Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Bill Holden and Richard Ashworth 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 - Snape Robert Address - The Golden Lion, Moor Lane, Lancaster Convicted - ? Fine - £65 and £60 costs Magistrates - Lancaster Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Paul Slorkoweski Notes - Name - Starks Mark Address - Goodenough Close, Old Coulsdon Convicted - 15/3/85 Fine - 3 months in a detention centre and £100 costs Magistrates - Croydon Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Andrew Hull Notes - Found guilty of killing a badger. They cut off the badgers head so as they could stuff and mount it. Starks also admitted possessing a shotgun without a licence. Hull also admitted possessing a cosh, going equipped to steal and theft of petrol, with 50 similar offences to be taken into consideration. Name - Stewart Christopher Alan (member of Northern Lurchers and Terriers Club) also a freelance vermin controller for local farmers. Address - Bankfield, Skelmersdale Convicted - 5/11/87 Fine - £110 and £55 costs Magistrates - Ormskirk Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Ronald Corser 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 - Stone Alan Address - 10 Ossington Walk, Northern Moor, Manchester Convicted - 15/9/94 Fine - £100 Magistrates - Manchester Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Tony Kelsey Notes - There is a video which shows that the fox had it's feet strapped together with leather straps. The RSPCA confiscated the dogs, but a charge of cruelty to the dogs failed, and the dogs had to be returned. Found guilty of causing damage to the river bank. It seems that Paul Hale, see clipping said that he was just passing and he came across the two defendants but did not know them. He saw no cruelty just two people trying to rescue their dog. Both defended by DR R. Rooley from Huddersfield Witnesses - Steve Voysey, Anthony Wood, Barry Peachey and Paul Hale. Name - Swanson Darren and David Address - Pine Road, East Howle, Ferryhill Convicted - 27/4/96 Fine - 5 months Magistrates - Durham Age/D.O.B - 25 and 28 Also convicted - Graham Howard Notes - They all admitted to digging for a badger, attempting to kill, injure or take a badger and two charges of unnecessary suffering to dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 10 years Name - Sweeting Paul Address - Swinton, Manchester Convicted - Spring 1995 Fine -£1250 Magistrates - Newcastle-under-Lyme Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Notes - Admitted interfering with a badger sett. Two other men with him ran off when the police came. Claimed he was after foxes, banned from keeping dogs for 3 years. Name - Swindlehurst James Address - Union Road, Oswaldtwistle Convicted - ? Fine - £10 and £2 costs Magistrates - Knutsford Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - William Dewhurst, 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 - Tailby Wayne Address - 16 Roecar Close, Old Whittington, Chesterfield Convicted - 13/11/87 Fine - £100 and £20 costs see below Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Mark Holtom and Robert Thompson Notes - All three had badger digging charges dropped. They said they were after rabbits. Tailby pleaded guilty to abandoning a dog and not having a dog licence. Holtom pleaded guilty to not having a dog licence, driving without supervision and failing to sign his licence. Mr Bertie Mather defended Tailby and Thompson. Name - Talbot Andrew Address - Thirlmere Drive, Tingly, Wakefield Convicted - 29/7/87 Fine - 2 months and £500 fine Magistrates - Driffield Age/D.O.B - Born 1966 Also convicted - Anthony Hooton, William McLeary, Ian Myres and Andrew Mudd Notes - Banned from keeping animals for 4 years. Name - Taplin Steven Address - Kilburn Street, Liverpool Convicted - 14/11/97 Fine - 200 hours community service and £200 costs Magistrates - Stockport Age/D.O.B - 28 Also convicted - Paul Archer 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. 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 - Taylor Harry Address - Blackmoor Mead, Blackmoor, Brentwood In court 18/3/88 Not guilty Magistrates - Brentwood Age/D.O.B - Born 1957 Also charged - Tony Purden and Duane Smith Notes - Name - Taylor Michael ( Ex rep. for F. & M.W.T.C. Essex branch 1991/2 ED-RD 10) Address - Buckstead Road, Colchester Convicted - 5/5/93 Fine - 3 months Magistrates - Colchester Age/D.O.B - 40 Also convicted - Anthony Delaney Notes - Caught 17/5/92. Both admitted interfering with a badger sett. Banned from keeping dogs for 3 years. Name - Tempest Mark Address - 27 West Avenue, Golbourne, Wigan Convicted - 6/8/87 Fine - £200 and £25 costs Magistrates - Macclesfield Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - John Billington, 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 - Templeton Mark Address - Gordon Square, Whitley Bay Convicted - 16/11/95 Fine - 12 months conditional discharge and £100 costs Magistrates - South East Northumberland Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Spencer Burgo 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 - Thomas Andrew Robert Address - Thomas Street, Penygraig Convicted - 31/1/85 Fine - £250 and costs Magistrates - Haverford Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Stephen Palterman, Jeffrey Nash, David Bartlett and Jeffrey Leyshon Notes - They said they were after foxes. Caught July 84. Found guilty of causing suffering to five dogs by keeping them confined in a boot of a car, cruelly ill-treating a badger and procuring or aiding and abetting two dogs to fight. All were defended by Mr Wyn Rees. Name - Thomas David Address - Larkspur Close, Lache, Chester Convicted - 8/6/95 Fine - 3 months Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 25 Also convicted - Mark Lea Notes - Found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. Peter Mort defending. Video taken of a badger being baited. Name - Thomas John Geraint Owen (Terrierman with the Vale of Clettwr) Address - Gwarbistgwynwydd, Maesycrugiau In court - 14/4/00 Not guilty Magistrates - Lampeter Age/D.O.B - 48 Also charged - David Lyn Lloyd, Gethin Jones and John Gareth Jones Notes - The master and three other members of the Vale of Clettwr Hunt have been cleared of interfering with a badger sett by destroying it. Hunt master David Lyn Lloyd, John Geraint Owen Thomas, Gethin Jones and John Gareth Jones had encroached without permission on to forestry land. Gethin Jones who said he had 30 years’ experience as terrierman, dismissed a prosecution suggestion that he had disturbed an active badger’s sett and said he had walked around the area and had not seen any signs of setts. John Geraint Thomas said, “I have been a terrierman for over 30 years and there is no doubt in my mind that this was not a badger’s sett. I know there are active setts in the area but we couldn’t see these from where we were.” Name - Thomas Keith Address - 178 Kings Heath Avenue, Liverpool Convicted - ? Fine - £100 and £31.03 Magistrates - Chester Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Kevin Walsh, Charles Fisher and Paul Hughes Notes - All found guilty of digging for badgers Name - Thomas Martin Address - Bellhagg Road, Walkley Convicted - 1/10/93 Fine - £1,250 Magistrates - Sheffield Age/D.O.B - 21 Also convicted - Daniel Anson Notes - Found guilty of obstructing a badger sett. Anson was cleared of assaulting a policeman. They said they were looking for foxes. Name - Thompson Andrew also known as Paul McMenamin Address - Bishopton Road, Middlesborough Due in court 26/11/92 Fine - ? Magistrates - Richmond Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Peter Robson and Malcolm Gray Notes - Caught in January 1992. All are charged with attempting to kill, injure or take a badger, digging for badgers, interfering with a badger sett, causing damage to a badger sett and sending a dog down a badger sett. Name - Thompson Andrew Paul Address - Maple Grove, Conisbrough Convicted - 23/9/87 and appealed 17/3/88 Fine - £100 and £50 costs and £123 costs at the appeal Magistrates - Thorne Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Paul Scott Notes - Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Cleared of digging for badgers. They said they were after foxes, Paul Scott said he was an experienced fox hunter in the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District. Spotted by an infa-red camera at the nearby power station. Name - Thompson Neil Address - Horbury Convicted - Winter 1992 Fine - £300 Magistrates - Huddersfield Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Richard Thompson and Neil Finnerty 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 - Thompson Richard Address - Lupset, Wakefield Convicted - 16/10/91, Appeal 28/1/92 Fine - £300 plus £200 costs of the appeal Magistrates - Huddersfield Magistrates then Wakefield Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Neil Thompson and Kevin Finnerty Notes - All three were convicted of digging for badgers, they all claimed they were digging for foxes and had no idea that badgers were in the area. They were all seen digging into a drainage site by a police officer who has 30 years experience in badger watching. When the RSPCA and members of a local badger group attended the sett, they found easily recognisable evidence that badgers were in the area. Name - Thompson Robert Anthony Address - 25 Station Road, Old Whittington, Chesterfield Convicted - 13/11/87 Fine - £40 and £20 costs Magistrates - Renishaw Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Wayne Tailby and Mark Holtom Notes - All three had badger digging charges dropped. They said they were after rabbits. Tailby pleaded guilty to abandoning a dog and not having a dog licence. Holtom pleaded guilty to not having a dog licence, driving without supervision and failing to sign his licence. Mr Bertie Mather defended Tailby and Thompson. Name - Thorpe Paul Address - Wickers Road, High Green, Sheffield Convicted - 10/12/90 Fine - £150 and £100 costs Magistrates - Sheffield Age/D.O.B - Born 1968 Also convicted - Richard Estranger Notes - Name - Till Christopher Address - 162 Stockbridge Lane, Knowsley, Liverpool Convicted - 24/6/88 Fine - £100 and £25 costs Magistrates - Wirral Age/D.O.B - 19 Also convicted - Andrew Fielding 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 -Till Christopher Address - 162 Stockbridge Lane, Knowsley Convicted - 27/11/89 Fine - £250 and £75 costs Magistrates - Berwyn Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Anthony Fielding, Kevin Roberts and Malcolm Hopwood 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 - Tomkins Melvyn Address - Drake Avenue, Dines Green, Worcester Convicted - 4/3/88 Fine - £200 and £40 costs Magistrates - Worcester Age/D.O.B - 22 Also convicted - Michael James, Adrian Yeomans and Steven George Notes - Caught 29/7/87. All found guilty of trying to take a badger. Mr Joe Kieran defended all four. Name - Tomlin James Address - 707 Great Cambridge Road, Enfield Convicted - 2/6/87 Fine - £200 and £20 costs Magistrates - Epping Age/D.O.B - 25/12/67 Also convicted - Sean Kingham and Jason Broderick 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 - Travers Paul Address - 158 Malpas Road, Newport Convicted - June 1986 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warminster Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - He had a freezer full of bodies including a badgers head Name - Travis David (Member of Lancashire Terrier Club as rep. Lancashire Evening Post 13/1/90) Address - Winwood Street, Leigh Convicted - 27/1/90 Fine - £500 and £100 costs Magistrates - Market Drayton Age/D.O.B - 26 Also convicted - Steven Fishwick, Gordon Grimshaw, 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 - Treanor Gerald Paul (gym owner) Address - 47 Everest Road, or Carrbank Street Atherton Convicted - 20/8/87 and appealed Fine - £500 and £150 costs and fine reduced to £250 Magistrates - Vale Royal and Knutsford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Leslie Mountford, Anthony Concannon 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 - Trevor Brice Address - Russway Farm, Westport Convicted - 14/10/92 Fine - £120 (see below) and £60 costs Magistrates - Taunton Deane Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Norman Miller Notes - Found guilty of causing damage to a badger sett, interfering with a badger sett. (£60 for each offence). Thomas Brice employed Miller to do some improvements on his land with an earth digger, and exposed the sett when digging with this. Name - Trevor Brice Address - Russway Farm, Westport Convicted - 14/10/92 Fine - £120 (see below) and £60 costs Magistrates - Taunton Deane Age/D.O.B - 32 Also convicted - Norman Miller Notes - Found guilty of causing damage to a badger sett, interfering with a badger sett. (£60 for each offence). Thomas Brice employed Miller to do some improvements on his land with an earth digger, and exposed the sett when digging with this. Name - Tucker Stephen Cyril Address - 44 Lyndhurst Crescent, Blidworth Convicted - 13/1/93 Fine - £300 and £200 costs Magistrates - Louth Age/D.O.B - 37 Also convicted - Wayne Coupe, Gary 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 - Tuckwell Edward Address - Hampton Estate, Seale, near Aldershot In court 14/5/96 Case dismissed Magistrates - South West Surrey Age/D.O.B - Also charged - Alone Notes - Tuckwell was charged with interfering with a badger sett. Defended by Michael Goodridge, Tuckwell pleaded not guilty to the charge, he said he suffered a lot of problems with rabbits on the estate and thought the sett was inhabited by rabbits. He denied he intended to gas the sett. Name - Tull Ian Address - Wyndham Road, Dover Convicted - ? Fine - £600 and £50 costs Magistrates - Dover Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alan Ball and Stephen Hutchinson 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. Police caught them at another sett. Name - Turner John (Game Warden) Address - Park House, Millom Convicted - 30/1/83 Fine - £700 Magistrates - Millom Age/D.O.B - 39 Also convicted - Raymond Mossop, Stephen Mossop, Alan O'Brian and Michael Crelin. Notes - John Turner looked after the woods in which the badger sett was located. 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 - Turner Thomas Address - Mahom Avenue, Rawmarsh Convicted - 4/4/89 Fine - £400 and £67 costs Magistrates - Uttoxeter Age/D.O.B - 31 Also convicted - Alan Webster and Albert Bales 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 - Twynham Peter William Address - Heol Fawr, Penyrheol Convicted - June 1986 Fine - ? Magistrates - Warminster Age/D.O.B - Also convicted - Alone Notes - Name - Underhill Richard Address - Abbey Lane, Southham, near Banbury Convicted - 11/9/97 and appealed on 12/1/98 Fine - 60 days Magistrates - Banbury then Oxford Crown Court Age/D.O.B - 38 Also convicted - David Clark Notes - Banbury magistrates took only one hour to find them both guilty and gave them 60 day 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. Two men sent to prison for digging badger setts returned to jail after their appeal against conviction and sentence was thrown out by a judge at Oxford Crown Court on 12/1/98. David Clark (37) of Bentley Close, Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and Richard Underhill (38) of Abbey Lane, Southam, near Banbury took their protest before a judge after Banbury magistrates gave them both 60 day sentences for attempting to take badgers, sending a dog into a badger sett and damaging a badger sett in August 1996. Clark and Underhill claimed they were digging into the sett to rescue their terrier, which had run into the badger sett. The judge ordered the men to 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. Name - Venton Gary Address - Bryn y Wawr, Pentregat, New Quay In court - /12/99 Charges dropped Magistrates - Lampeter Age/D.O.B - 24 Also charged - Kevin Venton, Gary Alan Williams, Geraint Ronald Woolcock and John Alan Gilmore 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 - Venton Kevin Address - Bryn y Wawr, Pentregat, New Quay In court - 1/12/99 Charges dropped Magistrates - Lampeter Age/D.O.B - 22 Also charged - Gary David Venton, Gary Alan Williams, Geraint Ronald Woolcock and John Alan Gilmore 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 - Vokins Julian Address - Kildare Road, Knowle Convicted - Autumn 1994 Fine - £240 Magistrates - Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Steven Farley, Lee Nash, Robert Massey 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 - Wade Peter Brian (decorator) Address - Stanley Road, Northfleet, Gravesend Convicted - 2/12/88 Fine - £300 and £250 costs Magistrates - Croydon Age/D.O.B - 23 Also convicted - Charles Cawe 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 |
