Five people have been sentenced in connection with an investigation into night poaching near Amesbury.
On January 19th this year, officers were called to a report of poaching in the Cholderton area. Officers from the Rural Crime Team, with the assistance of a firearms unit flying a drone, located a group of men with dogs hiding in a hedge.
Five men were arrested and charged with night poaching, to which they pleaded guilty.
On August 8th at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court, they were sentenced as follows:
• Sean McWhinnie, 44, of Lizard Close, Southampton – fined £200, to pay a surcharge of £80 and court costs of £85
• William Goddard, 41, of Norbury Gardens, Hamble-Le-Rice, Hampshire – fined £200, to pay a surcharge of £80 and court costs of £85
• Billy Goddard, 21, of Norbury Gardens, Hamble-Le-Rice, Hampshire – fined £333, to pay a surcharge of £133 and court costs of £85
• Jesse Dennard, 26, of Darenth Wood Road, Darenth, Kent – fined £200, to pay a surcharge of £80 and court costs of £85
• Riley Dennard, 18, of Billet Hill, Ash, Kent – fined £200, to pay a surcharge of £80 and court costs of £85.
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