Gamekeeper fined for threatening to kill hen harrier on moors

Gamekeeper bought semi-automatic weapon to shoot protected birds in 'unacceptable' cruel act - Yorkshire Live

A North Yorkshire gamekeeper has been sentenced for trying to kill a legally-protected bird

Former gamekeeper sentenced over plot to kill protected Hen Harrier

Now to what police say it is a legal first in England, and so does the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Racster Dingwall, former head gamekeeper at the Coniston and Grassington estate in North Yorkshire, pleaded guilty today to two charges of encouraging the persecution of a bird of prey. The law has not been used in this way before. The case also rested on secret filming and audio obtained by the RSPB which had a battle to get it admi…

Gamekeeper sentenced for trying to kill a protected bird in the Yorkshire Dales

Gamekeeper fined for threatening to kill hen harrier on moors

Court hears Racster Dingwall was caught discussing shooting the birds by secret cameras.

Gamekeeper pleads guilty to trying to kill a hen harrier on Grassington Moor

A GAMEKEEPER has been sentenced for trying to kill a legally-protected bird at Grassington Moor.

Head gamekeeper fined for targeting rare bird of prey in 'legal first'

A North Yorkshire head gamekeeper has been fined at York Magistrates' Court for targeting hen harriers in what police say is the first prosecution of its kind.