Two saboteurs were in court last week on disruption charges, which were dropped during the trial. H&H reports on the full court hearing, including a conviction for assault
Old Surrey Burstow and West Kent hunt, library image CHARGES of disrupting hunts were dropped against two saboteurs – although one was convicted of assault – after the prosecution tried to amend the charge during the trial.
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