I’m fed up with talking about the weather, but I can console myself with the fact we have grabbed every opportunity so far and progress is not too bad.Countryside Alliance attacks ‘pointless’ Hunting Act
THE Countryside Alliance has attacked the Hunting Act after the Crown Prosecution Service lost its appeal against the acquittal of the first man to be prosecuted under the legislation.
Huntsman Tony Wright was originally prosecuted for an alleged offence weeks after the Act came into force in February 2005.
Mr Wright’s conviction was then overturned in Exeter Crown Court and the CPS subsequently appealed that judgment.
The confirmation of his acquittal today is a fresh blow for the much criticised Hunting Act that has led to the prosecution of just five people connected to hunts.
Chief executive of the Countryside Alliance Simon Hart said: “The Hunting Act is an increasingly pointless piece of legislation that offered little and has achieved less. Politicians of all parties are coming to realise that it has failed and it is now a question of when, not if, the Hunting Act is repealed.”
Mr Wright said: “This prosecution has now dragged on for over three years and during that time I have been living under the threat of a criminal conviction. If this judgment, though, makes it less likely that other people will face the sort of vindictive prosecution that I have been through then it has all been worth it.”
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