Lancashire men ordered to pay more than £4,500 after hare coursing on farmland in Lincolnshire

"Notwithstanding the real cruelty and horror of these offences, the farmers have their land and crops damaged and that can have long-term financial consequences"

Chris Brayford
clock • 3 min read
Photographic evidence retrieved by Lincolnshire Police showing Lewis Sheridan hare coursing on arable land.
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Photographic evidence retrieved by Lincolnshire Police showing Lewis Sheridan hare coursing on arable land.

Two men from Lancashire have been sentenced and ordered to pay more than £4,500 after hare coursing on arable land in Lincolnshire. George Miller, 32, of Morecambe, and Lewis Sheridan, 37, of Bolton,...

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