August 2016 Cases dropped just before trial

Several cases where members of the Atherstone Hunt had assaulted saboteurs were dropped in quick succession over the summer of 2016 including one case were nine Atherstone Hunt supporters ganged up on and assaulted three female saboteurs. Another case involving the Atherstone Hunts hunt stewards was dropped because the CPS claim Leicestershire Police were unable  to provide potentially relevant evidence, in particular names and statements of witnesses – despite witnesses making statements to Leicestershire Police. All of these cases were investigated either by PC Tom White or PC Rob Cross. Most of these cases were dropped days before they were due in court.

We will go into more detail in a later post about Leicestershire Police’s involvement in getting these cases dropped

PC White was sexist when dealing with one of the victims after a female saboteur said she felt threatened by the sexual nature of some comments made by the nine Atrherstone Hunt supporters (all men). PC White (also a man) told her that it was only her opinion that the sexual comments were threatening.Unfortunately the female members of our group have encountered sexist and discriminatory attitudes on a fairly frequent basis from male officers at Leicestershire Police.