Two men sentenced for illegally hunting deer near Grantham

Richard Bostock and Dani Simpson pleaded guilty at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court to charges under the hunting act, the BBC reports.

It followed a police investigation into reports of a deer being hunted and killed on 19 April at Hanby, near Grantham.

Both men were handed a seven-year criminal behaviour order, which includes a ban on them entering any county in the East Midlands with a dog.

The court also ordered a seizure of property, including a lamp and a dog.

Bostock, 41, of Colwyn Street in Marsh, Huddersfield, was ordered to pay £85 in costs and a victim surcharge of £96.

Simpson, 34, of Wellfield Bank in Crossland Moor, Huddersfield, was ordered to pay £85 in costs and a victim surcharge of £114.

He also received a community order, which combines rehabilitation and community service instead of a prison sentence.

With a few exemptions, using dogs to hunt wild mammals, such as foxes, rats and rabbits, is illegal, Lincolnshire Police said.