MFHA director Mark Hankinson lodges appeal against conviction
Mark Hankinson has appealed his conviction and a date for the appeal has been set for May 5, 2022 at Southwark Crown Court He had been found guilty at Westminster…
MFHA director found guilty of encouraging illegal hunting
Director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association, Mark Hankinson, has been found guilty of encouraging or assisting others to commit an offence under the Hunting Act by telling them how…
Hunt members cleared of Hunting Act offence
A huntsman and a former whipper-in of the Quorn Hunt have been cleared of an offence under the 2004 Hunting Act part way through their trial after prosecutors reviewed the…
Lamerton Hunt duo found not guilty of illegal fox hunting
The huntsman and former whipper-in of the Lamerton Hunt have been cleared of illegal fox hunting. Huntsman David Lewis, and his former whipper-in Gareth Frain, who is now huntsman of…
Two men from the Lamerton Hunt have appeared in court charged with illegal fox hunting.
Huntsman David Lewis, 50, and former whipper-in Gareth Frain, 25, appeared at Exeter Magistrates' Court on 15 and 17 February 2021 accused of hunting a wild mammal with dogs on…
Quorn Hunt trial adjourned
A trial involving two men who worked for the Quorn Hunt who were due to stand trial at Loughborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday, January 11 has been adjourned until a…
Quorn hunt staff face trial for illegal fox hunting
Two men from the Quorn Hunt pleaded not guilty at a pre-trial hearing on the 7th October at Leicester Magistrates Court after being charged with offences under the Hunting Act…
Quorn Hunt members due in court
John Oliver FINNEGAN aka Ollie FINNEGAN, huntsman of the Quorn Hunt, and former whipper-in of the hunt Rhys MATCHAM are due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court at 10.00 hours…
Two men found not guilty of illegal deer hunting
Richard Down, former huntsman, and Martin Watts, former whipper-in and current huntsman of the Quantock Staghounds, were both accused of hunting a wild mammal with a dog in a trial…
Somerset huntsman found not guilty of illegal fox hunting
Huntsman of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt has been found not guilty of illegal fox hunting. Mark Peter Doggrell of Bishops Down, Sherborne, was accused of hunting a wild…