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BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Men in court after dead boar found in Forest of Dean
Two men have appeared in court accused of hunting a wild boar with Stanbury, 53, and Thomas Bishop, 33, appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on Tuesday after the discovery of a dead wild boar in the Forest of Dean on 31 December of Grove Close in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, admitted hunting a wild mammal with dogs and was fined £ Stanbury, of Denstead Lane in Chartham Hatch, Kent, pleaded not guilty to hunting a wild mammal with dogs, three counts of possession of a bladed article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a dog. He will now face trial on 18 and 19 March 2026.


BBC News
26-06-2025
- BBC News
Two charged after dead boar found in Forest of Dean
Two men have been charged with wildlife offences after a the body of a boar was found in the Forest of Dean on New Year's Stanbury, 53, of Denstead Lane in Chartham Hatch, Kent, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with dogs, causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a dog, and three counts of possession of a bladed Bishop, 33, of Grove Close in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with charges relate to an incident which took place on a forest track at around 02:00 on 31 December. The pair are due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on 29 July.