CONVICTED (2020) | hare coursers Kevin Hall, born c. 2001, of Odencroft Road, Slough SL2, and Robert John Smith, born August 2001, of Rose Cottage, Foundry Lane, Horton, Slough SL3 9PD
Serial wildlife killers Kevin Hall and Robert Smith, who are gypsies, were seen driving a green Suzuki Vitara in Longstowe, South Cambridgeshire, with two sight hounds, in July 2019.
They were dispersed from the county for 48 hours but later spotted by a member of the public walking the dogs in a field with no right of way in Longstowe.
The pair were originally sentenced in December 2019 but appealed. Hall went on to withdraw his appeal in November 2020 and Smith was found guilty on December 17, 2020.
They were given £240 fines for daytime trespass in pursuit of game and failing to comply with a section 35 direction excluding a person from an area.
Detective Constable Tom Nuttall, from the forces Rural Crime Action Team, said: “Our message is simple – don’t come coursing in Cambridgeshire.
“Driving hare coursing out of the county is a priority for our team and we will continue to use all of our powers to bring coursers to justice.”
Additional information
Robert Smith is a company director. The name of his company is RJS Roofing & Building Developments Ltd.
Kevin Hall also runs a roofing business. His trading name is Weatherseal Roofing Specialists.
The barbaric twosome’s Facebook profiles contain images and videos of them injuring and killing wild animals both with dogs and weapons such as catapults.
These Individuals, Are Barbaric and Cruel.
We Kindly Ask The Public, Not To Employ These Two.
They are obviously Not Safe On Your Property, Around Your Pets Or Your Children.
Please Do Not Have Them On Your Property Or Over Your Door.
Please Support Animals, and Report Them To (CHECK A TRADE) Where They Advertise.
Thank You.
I think your mention of them being gypsies is racial and should not be said. It has no relevance to the case. You wound dare mention any one else’s ethnicity in any other case. I will be writing the to relevant people to discuss this.
Animal cruelty is endemic in that community and it’s time it was addressed. Little point in denying something that is staring the rest of us in the face, otherwise nothing will change.
Wow, I googled Kevin Hall and this page came up.
A man that looked suspiciously like Kevin Hall was shouting racist abuse at another driver from a Weatherseal Roofing Van.
He shouted “go back to your own country” to another driver.
So Kevin Hall is both racist, and cruel to animals. Oh dear.