Three members of the Crawley And Horsham Hunt have been found guilty of illegal fox hunting, click here for itv video report.
Crueltyexposed welcomes the recent conviction's and justice has been served. Hunting a wild mammal with dogs is illegal.
Three members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt found guilty of illegal fox hunting
Three Sussex hunters guilty of illegal fox hunting
Three members of a West Sussex hunt have been found guilty of illegal fox hunting.
Andrew Phillis, Rachel Holdsworth and Neill Millard were convicted at Haywards Heath Magistrates' Court of hunting a wild mammal with dogs.
The defendants were members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt.
The judge did not accept they were taking part in legitimate trail hunting in January 2011, where a scent is laid for hounds to follow.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the three were filmed by hunt monitors on two separate occasions.
Holdsworth, of Rock Road, Pulborough, and Millard, of Dragons Lane, Shipley, received fines of £1,500 and were ordered to pa
y costs of £2,500.
Phillis, of Halwell, Totnes, in Devon, is yet to be sentenced.
District Crown Prosecutor Mark Bishop said: "The defendants claimed that the foxes seen on film being chased by the hunt's hounds were not being hunted intentionally and that the hounds were following an artificial scent.
"We were able to fully utilise footage from hunt monitors, which clearly showed a fox being pursued by hounds on two separate occasions within a week.
"Their pursuit and hunting of foxes was not accidental, but intentional." Pictured right Neill Millard
A Trial date for four members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt has been set
The date of the trial for the four members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt has been set for April 23rd 2012 and is expected to last about 7 days.
The case will be heard at Horsham Magistrates Court.
Andrew Phillis, former huntsman (who is now huntsman/master for the Dartvale and South Pool Harriers in Devon), joint masters of the hunt Henry James Hawkesfield and Neil Millard and Rachel Holdsworth,
whipper-in are being prosecuted for illegally hunting for alleged offences that took place during three separate hunt meets
(left Neil Millard)
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A court hearing for four people accused of illegal fox hunting has been adjourned.
The quartet, who are all members of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, are accused of hunting a fox with a dog contrary to the Hunting Act 2004.
Sussex Polic
e launched an investigation after videos allegedly showing a fox being killed during a hunt were passed to the force by members of the public.
The four are joint master of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt - Henry James Hawksfield, 58, of Bines Road, Partridge Green, near Horsham, Rachel Holdsworth, of Rock Road, Washington, near Storrington, Neil Millard, 44, of Dragons Lane, Shipley, near Horsham, and Andrew Phillis, 50, of Halwell, Totnes, Devon.
They have been summonsed to appear at Crawley Magistrates' Court to face four charges under section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.
The hearing was adjourned to November 10 at Haywards Heath Magistrates' Court.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9280053.Fox_hunting_court_hearing_adjourned/
Hunt master and riders charged with illegally killing foxes
Henry Hawksfield, joint master of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, West Sussex, was filmed by hunt saboteurs at three meets in January and February this year.
The videos allegedly showed him using hounds to kill foxes and prompted a police investigation. The 58-year-old from Partridge Green, near Horsham, Neil Millard, 44, from nearby Shipley, Rachel Holdsworth, from Washington, near Storrington and Andrew Phillis, 50, from Totnes in Devon, will all make their first appearance at Crawley magistrates on Thursday.
They have been charged under the Hunting Act 2004, which banned hunting all mammals with dogs.Since the Act came into force seven years ago, only about 10 members of organised hunts have been prosecuted. Anyone found guilty of a fox hunting offence can be fined up to £5,000 and have their hounds and vehicles confiscated. The Crawley and Horsham Hunt, which has 70 members, refused to comment until after the case.
