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Posted by: Admin
on Friday, April 18, 2008
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Wayne Spencer gets away with it again! Countryside Alliance supporter, Wayne Spencer has got away yet again - mainly because the jury were unaware of his real background (see article). However, he had an uncomfortable four weeks in the dock which is some consolation. He has been lucky so far, but luck has a habit of running out, especially when you are the ultimate thug! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hunt trio cleared of robbery
THREE hunt supporters have been cleared of robbing two "saboteurs" of their camcorders at a meet near Alresford.
A four-week trial at Winchester Crown Court, which ended today (April 3), saw Peter Bogris, 30, of Petersfield, George Juer, 26, of Alton, and Wayne Spencer, 40, Billingshurst, West Sussex, all accused of robbery and affray. They were said to have attacked "hunt monitors" Iris Luppa and Stella Hardy, both from the Reading area, at a meet of the Hampshire Hunt on February 24 last year.
The prosecution alleged that the trio took the cameras by force as the two women were "surrounded" by hunt followers on a path in countryside near Preston Candover.
Mr Bogris, Mr Juer and Mr Spencer denied the allegations and a jury took an hour-and-a-half to find them not guilty of all charges. Giving evidence, Miss Hardy, 34, said: "The first male, who drove the quad, tried to get my camera out of my hand and the second male had me by my hair. "I was forced to the ground by both of these men." Miss Hardy said the man on the quad bike was Mr Bogris and he was aided by an unknown man. Miss Luppa said it was Mr Spencer who grabbed her camera and that she was then attacked from behind by Mr Juer. Labelling the alleged victims as "hunt saboteurs", the defence on behalf of Mr Bogris and Mr Juer said that the pair were on the path at the time and that an argument erupted over Miss Hardy filming children, but said the women fabricated what happened. Mr Bogris, a farmer, said he was looking after a three-year-old boy for the day as he drove around on his quad bike. "She (Stella Hardy) did approach me directly, she was making an attempt to video the boy sat on my lap." He said she said she was "only interested in filming the kiddies", a comment which caused a lot of offence. Mr Bogris added: "It ended up in a bit of pushing and shoving, a woman got involved. "The boy got quite upset by this stage, so I got back on the quad and continued on for a little while."
Mr Juer, a gun dealer, said he told Miss Hardy to stop filming the youngsters and that during the "pushing and shoving" on the path, Miss Luppa was pushed into him and they both fell over.
He said Miss Hardy ran up to him and shouted abuse, pointing her finger at him. He pointed back and she grabbed his finger and bent it down hard, before hitting him on the chin. Mr Spencer's counsel said he was at least 40 yards away from the scuffle when it happened. The pig farmer said he saw screaming and shouting further down the path, but did not get involved - he was wary having been previously convicted of common assault after an incident at a past hunt. "I knew not to go down there," he said. 5:35pm Thursday 3rd April 2008 http://www.thisishampshire.net/news | |
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Campaigners lobby Sussex Police over the Crawley and Horsham hunt's flouting of the Hunting Act Anti hunt campaigners listed 25 instances of suspected illegal hunting, harassment, abuse and motoring offences in a complex six page report report presented to Sussex Police on Wed. 26th March, in a handover covered by Meridian TV news. The Crawley and Horsham hunt is one of the least open and transparent of hunts in the country and uses harassment and intimidation to prevent filming, while trying to cover its tracks by pretending riders with new dusters on the end of their whips can lay trails in impenetrable wood and scrub. Fronted by abusive and hostile hunt masters, they have had an obvious intention to defy the law since the inception of the ban. Because it may be difficult to determine which hunts are openly breaking the law this is Cruelty Exposed's guide to those wanting to find a hunt to monitor: The ones to watch: 1) Find a hunt that "does not" publish it's meets 2) Find a hunt with hostile and abusive hunt masters 3) Find a hunt that does everything to obstruct videoing of their activities 4) Find a hunt that uses "stewards" to prevent all videoing on private woods and fields 5) Look for a hunt with riders having dusters on their whips - a clear sign a charade is being played out 6) Look for hunts entering hounds in impenatrable bracken and scrub and wood where false trails could not be laid 7) Look for hunts that dig out using terriers 8) Look for hunt claiming "exempt hunting" using birds of prey. Ignore hunts if they fulfil all of these: 1) Allow you to film openly 2) The masters are not hostile to you 3) Appear to be laying a trails in the open and which hounds appear to follow when you turn up unanounced. 4) Do not dig out 5) Riders that are friendly 6) Publish their meets
1) Campaigners presenting their report to Sussex police Wed. 26th March, 08.
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Police probe MP quad bike footage
Watch The Video Footage Here
Police are investigating a film allegedly showing a Conservative MP riding a quad bike on a public road.
A child is seen perched behind Nicholas Soames, MP for Mid Sussex. Two more children and other adults are in a trailer being towed by the quad bike. Hunt saboteurs claim the footage was shot on New Year's Day in Slaugham, West Sussex, as Mr Soames followed the Crawley and Horsham Hunt. A spokesman for Mr Soames said he was away and had no comment. Off-road use None of the children appear to be strapped in or to be wearing helmets in the footage. The Police National Legal Database advises that most quad bikes are only designed for off road use. "They do not conform to regulations in relation to tyres, lights, horn, speedometer etc. and it is therefore illegal to use them on a road," the database says. "However, there are some road legal quad bikes and in order to be used legally on the road they must registered with the DVLA, taxed, insured and have an MOT." A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: "We have received pictures of a quad bike incident which are alleged to have been taken in Slaugham on 1 January and we are investigating."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7170000/newsid_7170000/7170072.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
Also
03/01/2008
Quad an idiot
EXCLUSIVE
Safety campaigners blast Tory MP for risking kids' lives in danger road stunt
Tory buffoon Nicholas Soames rides a quad bike with a youngster perched dangerously behind - days after a girl was killed on one of the four-wheelers.
The child had to balance on a pallet wedged behind the Mid Sussex MP as he illegally towed two more children in a trailer.
None of the youngsters was strapped in or wearing a crash helmet for the perilous journey along a country lane.
Police are now deciding whether to charge Mr Soames, 59, for traffic offences.
Witnesses were "gobsmacked" when the MP drove past with a trailer full of people chasing a New Year's Day hunt.
Hunt monitor Maz Martins, 44, said: "The bikes can go fast.
He must have been doing about 20mph. If he'd had to brake fast someone would have been badly hurt. There was nothing to keep those children safe."
It came less than a week after Elizabeth Cooke, seven, was killed riding a quad bike near her home in Essex. She died after being hit by a Range Rover.
But Mr Soames yesterday laughed at claims he put the children at risk as he chased the Crawley and Horsham hunt on Hampshire Hill in Horsham.
He said: "Come on, we were following the hounds. What was I supposed to do? I don't accept the children were at risk.
"I was only on the public road for a few hundred yards and it is hardly the M25. I was on the grass verge for most of the time.
"What with Darfur, Pakistan and Kenya, it's hardly the biggest scandal of the moment.
"Those f*****s the hunt monitors are always out to get us in any way possible - and it's a coup to get a Tory MP."
But he added: "I hold my hands up, I was on a public road.
"I didn't realise I was breaking the law but ignorance is no defence. I'm sorry."
Riders need a V5 licence to use a quad bike on the highway.
They also need approval from the Department of Transport to to carry a passenger.
But even if these are obtained, a police source said it is "highly illegal" to carry children in a trailer on a public road.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents slammed Mr Soames' actions.
Head of road safety Kevin Clinton said: "All those children and adults are in danger. Even a minor collision would send them flying all over the road, with the possibility of injury or worse."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/01/03/quad-an-idiot-89520-20273237/
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Andrew Leaver - Countryside Alliance fundraiser - Exposed
Andrew Leaver, MD of Leaver Evans LTD, given police caution
We can reveal that the man who was behind an extremist pro hunt website is Andrew Leaver, a Crawley and Horsham Hunt steward, known to hunt monitors as Mr Toad because of his corpulent figure and old fashioned dress sense:
plus an uncanny resemblance to the fictional character from Wind in the Willows!
We can also reveal that he has just received a formal police caution after taking photographs in a court building and putting one up on his website.
Taking photos or video "within the precincts of a court" is a serious offence and is arrestable without warrent. His domain is registered to: Andrew Leaver Trading as: Leaver Evans The background to Andrew Leaver is revealed here: http://www.countryside-alliance.org.uk/fundraising/mount-kilimanjaro-challenge-2007/andrew-leaver/ Keen country sports participant Andrew, 37, lives with his wife Carol, chickens, cat, ferret, etc in Horsham, West Sussex. His main passion is shooting but he enjoys all things countryside and follows the Crawley and Horsham Hunt as a Steward (“due to my atrocious horsemanship it is safer for everyone if I am on foot!”). He moved to the countryside five years ago after living in London where he ran bars and nightclubs – hesaid: “I think most of my friends in West Sussex think Kilimanjaro may be a nightclub just off the King's Road and the whole thing is an excuse for a good night out!” Andrew is the MD and co-founder of Leaver Evans Ltd, one of the world’s the leading providers of investment properties in the Far East His company: http://www.leaverevans.com
However, despite claims of being one of the "world's leading providers of investment properties in the Far East," his company's prestigious registered address can be obtained for £99.99 from a company formation agent, and its main telephone number goes direct to Andrew Leaver. Leaver Evans LTD was only incorporated in may 2006 With an issue capital of £1000.
His principle advertising thrust seems to be at the rather parochial Knepp Polo club, where he pushes the Leaver Evans cup. Company records also indicate Leaver Evans LTD was called Leaver Estates LTD last year, and had a rather chequered history.
Perhaps all this explains why he will be up at before 6 in the morning offering his services to the Crawley and Horsham hunt (which is practically the Knepp Polo Club in disguise).
 
Toad and Badger. Andrew Leaver (Mr Toad)
Injured "hard terriers" which force hunt to illegally dig out
In Wind in the Willows, badger is sometimes terrorised by Mr Toad. As truth is often stranger than fiction, view Andrew Leaver digging into a badger sett at Heaselands estate, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex, after the Crawley and Horsham hunt had illegally chased a fox to ground, and then had illegally entered a terrier into the sett, and claimed it was trapped.
The hunt, which illegally uses hard terriers, digs out as a matter of routine, contrary to the Hunting Act 2004.
Please Click Here For Video Of Leaver Digging Into The Badger Set At Heaselands
As a result of Lever et al digging out a badger sett, Sussex Police have forged new guidelines for officers attending hunts.
The new guidelines were forged from a meeting held by senior Sussex police with Mike Hobday of the League Against Cruel Sports, and Richard Yarnell head of the Badger Trust, together with hunt monitors. Police accepted that mistakes were made in allowing Leaver and others to dig out a badger sett, and are determined to prevent a repetition.
For detials of the new guidelines please click here for diggingout.org
Hunt terrierman fined £80 fixed penalty for abusive behaviour
Jeremy Charman, a hunt terrier-man of the notorious Crawley and Horsham hunt based in Sussex has been fined £80.00 by police after throwing a dead rabbit at hunt monitors in November 07.
Hunt monitors attending the hunt near Shipley, W. Sussex were followed by "hunt stewards" to a veteranary practice when they found a rabbit suffering from myxamatosis. In an attempt to mock this humanitarian assistance for a sick animal, Charman was later videoed throwing a dead rabbit at monitors, shouting :"Try to revive this *****."
In Nov. 06 Charman was videoed digging into a badger sett at the Heaselands estate, W. Sussex after the Crawley and Horsham hunt had chased a fox to ground. As a result, Sussex police have issued new guidelines to police and are determined not to allow hunts to dig out badger setts in future.
Privately, police also accept that terrier-men digging out or using a terrier to bolt in the wake of a hunt provides reasonable suspicion that hounds have illegally chased a fox to ground.
Therefore the written permission of the landowner required for any terrier work is a significant piece of evidence for the landowner backing illegal hunting where they have invited the hunt onto their land.
It is therefore vital that police gain that written permission and that evidence goes into the pot when presenting video evidence of illegal hunting.
Andrew William Leaver and his new identity
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9 November 2007 Man avoids jail after hunt attack An elderly hunt supporter who broke the arm of a protester when he attacked her with his stick has avoided jail. John Hawkins was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm at an earlier trial, and was given a suspended jail term at Hove Crown Court on Friday. Hawkins, 69, of Cowfold, Sussex, struck Lynn Phillips during clashes at a hunt near Horsham in January 2005. Trouble had flared between pro and anti hunt supporters at Spear Hill at the end of the Crawley and Horsham hunt. Struck twice Ms Phillips said she was approached and struck twice on the head and hand by Hawkins when she was looking for a dog she believed was injured. An X-ray two days later revealed she had a broken arm, the court heard. Andrew Selby, defending, said it was a "spur of the moment" reaction and Hawkins deeply regretted the incident. Recorder Heather Norton told Hawkins: "Your action to strike Lynn Phillips deliberately with your stick takes this case over the threshold of the imposition of a custodial sentence. "However, in my judgment, the exceptional circumstances permits me to suspend the order of imprisonment that I will impose." She sentenced him to eight months imprisonment, which was suspended for a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7086944.stm
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Ban the Ward Union Deer Hunt - Join the campaign today!
Please join the Irish Council Against Blood Sports' campaign against the Ward Union, an Irish deer hunt which uses a pack of hounds to chase domesticated deer across the countryside. The hunt has been condemned not only by animal welfare groups but also by farmers, motorists, parents and even other hunters! Make YOUR voice heard - email the message "I support a ban on the Ward Union deer hunt" to minister@environ.ie (Environment Minister, John Gormley) or phone in the message to his office on 00353 (0)1 888 2403. Thank you. Ask all your friends to support the campaign: Use your mp4 player to help expose the Ward Union deer hunt's abusive treatment of deer. Download the 30 second video - http://www.banbloodsports.com/video/wardunionmobile.mp4 - on to your player and play it to your friends and workmates. Ask them to email the message "I support a ban on the Ward Union deer hunt" to minister@environ.ie The "Ban the Ward Union Deer Hunt" mp4 video is 30 seconds long and 5.2 Mb in file size. If you wish to preview the video before downloading it, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3f7NYyhDhg
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"Hunt Supporter Broke Anti-Hunt Campaigner's Arm"
Jury at Brighton Crown Court (Lewes Combined Court) find hunt supporter Guilty
A jury (Oct. 11, 07) has found John Hawkins a 69 year old Crawley and Horsham hunt supporter guilty of Grevious Bodily harm, after deliberating for more than nine hours to reach a majority verdict.
Hawkins, who runs a private slaughter house at Singers Farm, Cowfold, will be sentenced on Nov. 8th. The case relates to an incident on 29 Jan 05, where Hawkins struck anti-hunt campaigner, Lynn Phillips with a stick, causing a "night-stick fracture" of the forearm.
This is a fracture caused where a person brings their arm up to defend their head from an overhead blow. The incident ocured at Spear Hill, near Ashington, W. Sussex. At the time fox hunting was still legal, but parliament had voted to ban hunting with dogs. Hunt supporters were furious, and two months before the incident, the Crawley and Horsham hunt master, Kim Richardson (see video on Cruelty Exposed) www.crueltyexposed.co.uk ) issued a chilling threat to anti hunt campaigners: "You are all fair game now, I've ***** told everyone.
Following the incident and while Lynn was being taken for medical treatment in the West Sussex Wildlife Protection Group's minibus, the driver was assaulted by a hunt supporter (Surrey Union Whipper in, Andrew Hazletine: see picture), while another hunt supporter (Surrey Union hunt groom, Joscelyn Cleveland) stole the keys.
Both hunt supporters later received formal police cautions, and the thief (Cleveland) who stole the keys paid compesation in an out of court settlement.
Lynn's assailant - John Hawkins
Key Thief-Andrew Hazletine
Kim Richardson |
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The Catalan Government is trying to legalize hunting birds with glue, through a new regulation.
This cruel method is specifically banned by the European laws because is also massive, non-selective and impossible to control properly. In the name of "tradition" the hunters use electronic appeals and hundreds of thousands of thrush migrating from northern Europe, and about 30% of protected birds, are attracted to glued trees, in closed “barracas”, and killed in the Ebro area between October and November. In the same law-project the Catalan government is also trying to legalize a kind of net-trap hunting called "filat", which consist in trapping the thirsty birds attracted by small water pools, also forbidden in Spain, non-selective and impossible to control. The protection of the nature performs all over new attitudes, but our government “of progress and ecologist” is of looking to a past of survival hunting that destroys protected species.
Please send your signatures to our campaign against this legalisation. Please sign up in the campaign against this legalization and send this mail to interested people. Our birds are your birds.
Ignasi RipollSEO/BirdLife
Delta de l'Ebre - Riet Vell
Carretera d'Amposta a Eucaliptus, km 18'543870
Amposta (Tarragona)
Tel: +34 616290246
Email: iripoll@seo.org
Web: http//www.seo.org/rietvell
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Past Articles
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- Sunday, September 23
- THREE ACCUSED OF BREAKING HUNTING ACT
- Monday, August 20
- Hunt supporters facing trail by jury
- Monday, July 16
- Police warn hunt supporter
- Monday, July 09
- Fox dug out and shot at the home of Lady Lucinda Kleinwort, Heaselands Estate, Haywards Heath.
- Monday, July 02
- Wayne Spencer Charged
- PRIVATE CASE AGAINST HUNT FOUR
- Thursday, May 24
- HUNTING CRAWLEY AND HORSHAM 20/01/07
- Sunday, May 20
- CRUCIAL TEST FOR HUNT BAN
- Sunday, April 22
- The Crawley and Horsham hunt's eagle owl man has admitted assaulting a hunt moniter
- Anti - Hunt Campaigners Hound Police
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