CONVICTED (2023) | Peter Loveridge, born c. 2000, and Danny Bridges, born 18 March 2002, both of the Lower Heath Caravan Park, Watery Lane, Stourport DY13 9PR, and Tony Taylor, born c. 2002, of Severnside Caravan Park, Sandy Lane, Titton, Stourport DY13 9PY – caught hare coursing.
Travellers Loveridge, Bridges and Taylor were all ordered to pay more than £2,000 and banned from owning dogs for five years after pleading guilty to hare-coursing offences in the Brinklow area of Rugby, Warwickshire.
A spokesperson for the Warwickshire Rural Crime Team said: “The males are the first to be charged in Warwickshire under new laws to tackle illegal hare-coursing.
“The Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 makes it an offence to go equipped for, search for, or pursue hares with dogs, and an offence to trespass with intent to search for or pursue hares with dogs.
“Equipment used in the commission of the offence was also forfeited.
“Three lurcher dogs owned by the men were seized by police at the time of their arrest will now be rehomed in due course.”
The men were handed the following punishments:
Peter Loveridge:
- Disqualification order for five years on owning and keeping dogs
- £120 fine
- Compensation £2,085 (for reimbursement of kennel fees)
- Victim surcharge £48
Danny Bridges:
- Disqualification order for five years on owning and keeping dogs
- £120 fine
- Compensation £2,085 (for reimbursement of kennel fees)
- Victim surcharge £48
Tony Taylor:
- Disqualification order for five years on owning and keeping dogs
- £275 fine
- Compensation £2,085 (for reimbursement of kennel fees)
- Victim surcharge £110
Bit Of Work The Scum Want.
They wouldn’t have the energy to go out Hunting or whatever else they have been up to before they were caught.