Hare coursers banned from entering East Yorkshire and fined over £1,800

Three hare coursers have been banned from East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire and ordered to pay nearly £2,000 in fines.

Three men John Langan, aged 37, of The Hawthorns, Great Ayton, Shane Hooton, aged 31, of Thistle Hill, Knaresborough, and Joseph Foster, aged 35 of Manton Crescent, Worksop, appeared at Beverley Magistrates' Court on Monday, October 9, for sentencing after pleading guilty to the offences of trespass and going equipped to trespass with intent to search for or pursue hares with dogs. Dean Adams, aged 27, of Hebron Drive, Stokesley, failed to appear in court and a warrant for his arrest has been issued.

John Langan was sentenced to 12 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. He was also given a 10-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) covering England and Wales with conditions around the control of dogs, not being on private farmland without permission and a complete ban on entering the Humberside force area.

He was also fined £85 costs, £154 victim surcharge, disqualified from driving for 56 days and ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid supervised work within the next 12 months.

Shane Hooton was sentenced to a £500 fine, £85 costs and £200 victim surcharge and given a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order covering same conditions as John Langan.

Joseph Foster was sentenced to a £500 fine, £85 costs and £200 victim surcharge.