North West Hunt Saboteurs AssociationName - O'Brian Alan (Postman)
Address - Settle Street, Millom
Convicted - 30/1/83
Fine - £700
Magistrates - Millom
Age/D.O.B - 24
Also convicted - Rarmond Mossop, Stephen Mossop, Michael Crelin and John Turner
Notes - Raymond Mossop held the badger up in the air while his son Stephen hit it with a spade. They were caught when they sent their film to Colourtrend to be developed. Found guilty of digging for badgers.
Name - O'Loughlin Ian
Address - Birmingham
Convicted - 28/2/01 sentenced on 28/2/01
Fine - £150 plus £50 costs
Magistrates - Nuneaton
Age/D.O.B -
Also convicted - Mark Bradley
Notes - On the 28/2/01 at Nuneaton magistrates Ian O'Loughlin and Mark Bradley, both from Birmingham, were found guilty of interfering with a badger sett by entering a dog into it. On 28/3/01 they were sentenced to pay a fine of £150 each plus £50 costs.
Name - Oliver Wayne
Address - Leighton Park, Crewe
Convicted - 3/2/88
Fine - £200 and £20 costs
Magistrates - Crewe
Age/D.O.B - 17
Also convicted - Kevin May
Notes - They were both found guilty of digging for badgers. Both defended by Mr David Sayer. A 14 year old youth was also found guilty of digging for badgers, and will be sentenced at a later date. They all said they were after foxes.
Name - Osbourne Andrew
Address - Woodhouse Avenue, Gotham
Convicted - 23/12/83
Fine - £500 and £230 costs
Magistrates - Nottingham
Age/D.O.B - 22
Also convicted - Mark Shaw, Brian Cupitt and William Napier
Notes - Caught 24/4/83. All found guilty of 24 offences. Shaw and Cupitt were found guilty of injuring a badger, attempting to take a badger, using metal tongues to take a badger, digging for a badger, using a dog to hunt for a badger, cruelty to animals and badger fighting. They were fined £150 on each badger charge, and £50 for each charge of cruelty to a badger. Napier and Osbourne were fined £100 on each of the above charges and £50 on the cruelty charges. A fifth person Mr Brian Burton of Lings Farm, Rempstone was found not guilty of the above and awarded costs of £1000.
Name - Osbourne Steve and Mike
Address - 27 Oxcliffe, Barrowcliff, Scarborough
In court 22/12/94
Not guilty
Magistrates - Scarborough
Age/D.O.B - 29 and 31
Also charged - Ian Hawkins, Alan and Terry Watts and Brian Rhodes
Notes - The six were cleared of badger related offences. All defended by Harry Topham, they had Barry Peachey as a witness. See Countryman's Weekly 24/11/95, page 14.
Name - Owen Nigel (Hospital assistant)
Address - Greenmoor Avenue, Lofthouse, Wakefield
Convicted - 25/8/87
Fine -£300 and £15 costs
Magistrates - Wetherby
Age/D.O.B - 24
Also convicted - Wayne Davies, Andrew Greyston and Mark Eyles
Notes - Wayne Davies has a conviction for badger digging already from 1984. The sett remained undisturbed until January when some digging took place, then on 8/3/87 their van was seen in the area. The following Sunday the farmer and police lay in wait from 6.45 am. Two hours later the van arrived, the police then waited a bit then found the four digging at the sett. Caught 15/3/87. All found guilty of trying to kill, injure or take badgers. A charge of digging for badgers was withdrawn by the prosecution. Mr Paul Fitzpatrick defended Davies and Mr David Cahill defended the other three.
Name - Owens Lawrence
Address - 16 Station Terrace, Washington
Convicted - 6/3/86
Fine - £150 and £26.80 costs
Magistrates - Derwentside
Age/D.O.B - 24
Also convicted - Shaun Butler
Notes - Caught 12/12/85. Found guilty of attempting to kill, injure or take a badger. Both defended by Mr Terry Robson
Name - Owens Martin Peter
Address - Horn Drive, West Belfast
Convicted - Spring 1991
Fine - £120
Magistrates - Belfast
Age/D.O.B - Born 1973
Also convicted - Sean Price, John Shannon and James McNally
Notes - All found guilty of cruelty to a fox which they then bagged, before it was set upon by seven dogs. All banned from keeping dogs for 2 years.
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