Five men summoned to court for hunting with dogs offences

Five men have been summoned to court in relation to offences relating to hunting with dogs following an incident in Hopton.

It follows an incident  in the Fen Street area on October 11, 2020, where a vehicle and four dogs were on a private field with one of the dogs reportedly chasing a hare.

Following police investigations by the Rural and Wildlife Policing Team five men, aged 42, 49, 19, 26 and 41 have been summonsed to court in relation the offence of hunting wild mammals.

The 42-year-old is additionally summonsed to court in relation to offences regarding dangerous driving, driving without due care and attention, driving on land not part of a road and using threatening/abusive words likely to cause harm or distress.

They five are summonsed to appear before Ipswich Magistrates Court on May 27, at 1.15pm.