SOMETIMES THERE IS JUSTICE! THIS IS ONE MORE FROM THE HUNT SABS

 

Here is the latest news from the HSA. (5TH DEC)

Ollie Finnegan – ex-huntsman of Leicestershire’s Quorn Hunt – pleaded guilty to Hunting Act offenses today. The evidence consisted of dozens of WhatsApp messages found on Finnegan’s phone after it was seized by Police.

Sabs from Herefordshire and Three Counties were due to be witnesses in the case though, in the event, Finnegan’s guilty plea meant a trial did not take place.

While most of the messages have not been released, magistrates said they demonstrated a “pattern of offending over a period of time.”

Those in the public domain are absolutely damning about fox hunting in 2022. In one exchange, Finnegan openly discusses illegal hunting with a hunter from Gloucestershire’s Ledbury Hunt. In other messages, Finnegan discusses hunting with his bosses at the Quorn Hunt.

As with the Hunting Office webinars before them, these WhatsApp messages show the routine nature of the criminality at the heart of the hunting community.