North West Hunt Saboteurs AssociationName - Latham Anthony
Address - Church Street, Great Harwood
Convicted - ?
Fine - £10 and £2 costs
Magistrates - Knutsford
Age/D.O.B -
Also convicted - William Dewhurst, James Swindlehurst, Kevin Barski and William Addison
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 - Latham John
Address - Newton Hall Farm, Malpas
Convicted - 27/4/95
Fine - 12 month conditional discharge and £600 costs
Magistrates - Chester
Age/D.O.B - 52
Also convicted -
Notes - Pleaded guilty to having a dead badger under his control. Latham gave permission for a pest controller, known only as Steve to shoot any sick or injured badgers on his land (said to have a population of 150). In December 1993 Steve shot a healthy badger because he believed it had killed a swan.
Name - Lawson Peter William
Address - Turner Crescent, Motley
In court 2/3/88
Not guilty
Magistrates - Harrogate
Age/D.O.B - 28
Also charged - Mark Richardson and Christopher Partington
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 A charge against Lawson of possessing a dead badger was dismissed after the prosecution asked for it to be withdrawn.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 - Layshan Jeffery
Address - Aubrey Road, Penygraig
Convicted - January 1985
Fine - ?
Magistrates - Haverfordwest
Age/D.O.B -
Also convicted -
Notes - see Jeffrey Nash
Name - Lea Mark
Address - High Street, Saltney, Chester
Convicted - 8/6/95
Fine - 3 months
Magistrates - Chester
Age/D.O.B - 27
Also convicted - David Thomas
Notes - Found guilty of attempting to take a badger and digging for a badger. Peter Mort defending. Video taken of a badger being baited. Also convicted of causing suffering to a dog.
Name - Leach David (Had his slaughter mans licence taken away after the case)
Address - The White Horse Video Shop, Railway Terrace, Buith Wells
Convicted - 24/9/90
Fine - 3 months, £800 fine and £300 costs
Magistrates - Brecon
Age/D.O.B - Born 1967
Also convicted - Trevor Limb, David Shaw, Mark White and Shaun Williams
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 - Lewis Christopher
Address - Adelaide Street, Mutley, Plymouth
Convicted - 9/1/86
Fine - £300 and £200 costs
Magistrates - Taunton
Age/D.O.B - 25
Also convicted - Christopher Newton, Paul Murray and Phillip Dann
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 - Leyshon Jeffrey
Address - Aubrey Road, Penygraig
Convicted - 31/1/85
Fine - £250 and costs
Magistrates - Haverford
Age/D.O.B - 24
Also convicted - Stephen Palterman, Andrew Thomas, Jeffrey Nash and David Bartlett
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 - Limb Trevor (Wore a F & M.W.T.C tie in court)
Address - 10 Two Acre Avenue, Benchill, Manchester, M22 7HJ
Convicted - 24/9/90
Fine - 3 months, £1000 fine and £300 costs
Magistrates - Brecon
Age/D.O.B - Born 1971
Also convicted - David Shaw, 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 - Lloyd David Lyn (Master with the Vale of Clettwr)
Address - Blaenpant Farm, Pencader
In court 14/4/00
Found not guilty
Magistrates - Lampeter
Age/D.O.B - 47
Also charged - John Geraint Owen Thomas, 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 - Lloyd Henry Huw
Address - Brynsivol, Bettws, Bridgend
Convicted - June 1986
Fine - ?
Magistrates - Warminster
Age/D.O.B -
Also convicted -
Notes -
Name - Lonston David Anthony
Address - Wythenshaw, Manchester
Convicted - 20/4/90
Fine - ?
Magistrates - Macclesfield
Age/D.O.B - 3/2/56
Also convicted - Vincent Walldock, William Mullin and Jonathan Crowther
Notes -
Name - Lovett Richard (Earthstopper with Vale of White Horse F.H. and area rep. for F.& M.W.T.C.)
Address - Meysey Hampton, Cirencester
Convicted - April/May 1996
Fine - £100
Magistrates - Wooton Bassett
Age/D.O.B - 41
Also convicted - Alone
Notes - The case lasted 6 days and cost £20,000. The court heard how Lovett went out on 6/12/94 to block up setts in readiness for hunting the following day. Defended by David Williams instructed by Knights of Tunbridge Wells. See article in Countryweek Hunting June 1996 for more unbiased details! In April 1997 he appeared at Swindon Crown Court to appeal against his conviction for illegally blocking a badger sett. The Crown Court rejected his appeal and decided that Lovett had committed the offence.
Name - Lowery Neil
Address - Chesterfield Road North, Mansfield
Convicted - 28/4/88
Fine - £600 and £120 costs (see below)
Magistrates - Newark
Age/D.O.B - 19
Also convicted - Andrew Holmes, Gary Morley 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.
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