Kirby Bellars man charged with illegal foxhunting

A Kirby Bellars man is to appear in court tomorow (Wednesday) charged with illegally hunting a fox.

John Finnegan (34), of Gaddesby Lane, will face Leicester Magistrates with 29-year-old Rhys Matcham, of Kennel Drive, Badminton, South Gloucestershire, accused of hunting a wild mammal with dogs.

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The charges relate to an incident on land at Breedon-on-the-Hill, a Leicestershire village near the Derbyshire border, on February 4 this year.

The two men have been charged with offences under Section 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.

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