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2nd Harassment Notice issued to saboteur

October 2015 2nd Police Information Notice

PC Alison Barnes and PS Matt Trott gave two hunt saboteurs harassment notices based purely on the word of the Atherstone Hunt and without any actual evidence. Leicestershire Police were forced to issue a rare apology and overturn the harassment notices (see previous post). During a phone conversation with PS Matt Trott to discuss this issue Trott then said the following to the saboteur  (see previous post)

 “You are hunt saboteurs that’s what you do, you trespass on other people’s property and harass people”

Leicestershire Police allow Trott to continue investigating hunting issues under Operation Blackthorn where the inevitable happens:

A second harassment notice is issued to the same saboteur – again with no actual evidence to back up the claims made by the Atherstone Hunt. A formal complaint is made to Leicestershire Police and the harassment notice is again overturned in February 2016. Leicestershire Police are forced stop using Police Information Notices after this point.  

“You are hunt saboteurs that’s what you do, you trespass on other people’s property and harass people” DS Matt Trott

Leicestershire Police’s DS 124 Matt Trott gave two hunt saboteurs Harassment Notice’s based on the word of the Atherstone Hunt and without seeing any actual evidence (See previous post). One of the saboteurs rang DS Trott up to complain about the situation. This what DS Trott said to the saboteur on the phone:

  “You are hunt saboteurs that’s what you do, you trespass on other people’s property and harass people”

An official complaint was made about DS Trott’s obvious bias and his manner of the phone.

DS Matt Trott admitted to the conversation and even owned up to slamming the phone down on the saboteur. The complaint was upheld. Incredibly despite the clear conflict of interest and his negative views of saboteurs Trott is allowed to continue working on hunting cases as part of Operation Blackthorn. Along with PC Alison Barnes Trott continues to charge saboteurs based on allegations made by members of the Atherstone Hunt and without having any actual evidence.

Saboteurs given Harassment Notices despite no evidence

April 2015 Saboteurs given Police Information Notices despite no evidence

On 2nd April 2015 PC Alison Barnes asked two sabs to attend voluntary interviews.

Atherstone Hunt member Luke Smith made allegations that he was pulled off his horse by a saboteur. Senior Investigating officer PS Matt Trott puts an arrest warrant out for the saboteur despite having no evidence from the hunt to back up the claims. Saboteurs put out footage of the incident showing what really happened – Luke Smith trying to ride saboteurs down with his horse and assaulting them.

PS Trott then issues the two saboteurs with a Police Information Notice (Harassment notice) – despite no evidence from the hunt and despite there being video footage disproving the allegations.

 

The two saboteurs had to get their MPs involved who wrote a letter to the Chief Constable Simon Cole asking him what exactly was going on? The PINs were overturned and Leicestershire Police were forced to issue a rare apology to both saboteurs who also said the PINs had been misused and shouldn’t have been issued

https://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/hunt-protesters-get-warnings-overturned-9981909

 

Sergeant denies seeing hound run the wrong way up a busy dual carriageway

March 2015 – Sergent denies seeing hound run the wrong way up a busy dual carriageway

In March 2015 at Sutton in the Elms, Broughton Ashley the Atherstone Hunt hunted a fox which escaped across the busy Fosse Way B4114. A hound followed the fox onto the road where it lost the scent. The hound ran up the dual carriageway into oncoming traffic before finally heading back to where it had come from. The incident was witnessed by PS Nicholas Woodrow. Woodrow pulled over in front of the hound and spoke to a member of the hunt. This hunt member happened to be Brett Parker also a serving police officer. Woodrow latter denied all knowledge of seeing the hound in front of him on the dual carriageway.

A formal complaint was made about Woodrow which was handled by Inspector Daniel Eveleigh who upheld the complaint. Eveleigh claimed there had been a number of complaints about Woodrow and he would be given training. Despite the complaint being upheld and despite the obvious trust issues this incident had now caused PS Woodrow was later given the role of hunt/sab liaison officer. Eveleigh copied acting Chief Inspector and Area Commander for Leicestershire Eastern Counties Louise Cordiner into the email thread which included the sabs personal email and telephone number. Cordiner was latter outed as riding with the Belvior Hunt

No charges for illegal hunting and assault

February 2015 – No further action for illegal hunting and assault

Atherstone Hunt supporter guilty of assault

ATHERSTONE HUNT SUPPORTER LAURA CAINES FOUND GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT BY BEATINGToday Atherstone Hunt supporter Laura Caines was found guilty of two counts of assault by beating at Loughbourgh Magistrates Court. The incident happened on the 28th February 2015 after a fox was chased and illegally hunted by hounds in front of huntsman Stuart Barton and Hunt Saboteurs. Barton immediately rides his horse into the nearest saboteur pinning them against a wall. Caines then attacks the same saboteur from behind by putting them in a head lock, hitting them over the head and then attempting to steal their camcorder. She then moved on to the other sab who was filming, grabbed her and then dug her nails into the sabs check causing it to bleed. She again tried to steal the camcorder that had filmed the incident. Magistrates found her guilty in her absence after offering no defence. A warrant has been issued for her arrest so that she can be sentenced.

Publicado por West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs en Lunes, 21 de diciembre de 2015

Despite Atherstone Hunt supporter Laura Caines being convicted of two counts of assault Leicestershire Police took no further action against the Atherstone Hunt for illegal hunting despite footage of a fox running in front of the huntsman followed by the full pack of hounds and the huntsman then choosing not to do anything to stop them. They also refused to charge the huntsman for ramming his horse into a saboteur and pinning him against the wall claiming there was no way of proving the horse made contact with the saboteur – despite the footage. This case was investigated by Leicestershire Police’s senior investigating officer for hunting DI John Gray (More on him later)

Saboteur arrested for causing chaos and mayhem

January 2015 – Saboteur arrested for causing chaos and mayhem

On 13-01-15 the driver of our car was sitting quietly in his car monitoring the Atherstone Hunt. PC Greg Rawisinski from Leicestershire Police arrived and asked for the saboteurs details. After being given his driving licence Rawisinski then threatened to arrest the saboteur because he feared the saboteur may cause chaos and mayhem at the hunt. The saboteur is then arrested for breaching the peace all because he was sitting quietly in his car. PC Rawisinski allows the Atherstone Hunt to move away from the area and continue hunting foxes elsewhere before de-arresting and releasing the saboteur. A formal complaint was made to Leicestershire Police’s professional standards however Rawisinski lied in his statement and no further action was taken.

Case dropped because Leicestershire Police fail to hand evidence over on time

Boxing Day 2014 – Blocked Badger Setts

On Boxing Day 2014 our investigation into the Atherstone Hunt lead us to putting hidden cameras on an active badger sett in Carlton, Leicestershire, the area the Atherstone traditionally hunt for their Boxing Day meet.

The cameras filmed the Atherstone Hunts terrierman Rob Pickering and his accomplice John Coote first putting a terrier down one entrance of the sett to flush out any foxes inside. They can be seen using a tracker to track its progress underground. Then they are filmed using a spade to one by one block every entrance to the sett. This is done to stop the fox seeking refuge in the sett when it’s been chased.

A few hours latter Atherstone Huntsman Stuart Barton is then filmed taking his hounds all over the blocked sett.

We were close by on the day and saw a fox fleeing from the sett as the hounds were taken over it.

Boxing Day 2014

Atherstone Hunt Boxing Day 2014 – Blocked badger setts – no further actionPlease like our page West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs to help us continue to help wildlifeWe are reposting this footage from a few years ago. It shows the Atherstone Hunts terrierman Rob Pickering and associate John Coote blocking an active badger sett on Boxing Day 2014. A few hours latter Atherstone huntsman at the time Stuart Barton takes the hounds over the blocked setts. If the Atherstone Hunt was following a "trail" why have the need for a terriermen to block a badger sett?We provided this footage to Leicestershire Police and made statements, in fact we went out of our way to help Leicestershire Police with this case even providing details of both suspects.Leicestershire Police never even bothered to interview the second suspect John Coote. Instead tried to bully us into revealing an anonymous source and when we went to make a statement started questioning us over false allegations made by the Atherstone Hunt.The case eventually got dropped and no further action was taken. Leicestershire Police gave two completely different reasons as to why it was dropped. So we contacted the CPS to get their reason for dropping the case, they told us that evidence wasn’t handed in to them on time by Leicestershire Police. This was another case that DS Matt Trott was involved in.Please consider donating to allow us to capture more footage like this.All donations are greatly appreciated. Paypal https://www.paypal.me/westmidlandhuntsabs

Posted by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs on Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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Monitored by Special Branch

A government counter-terror document lists the Hunt Saboteurs Association as domestic extremists. We have witnessed first hand how this policy has been played out by Leicestershire Police. Around 2013/2014 we became aware that our group was being monitored by Special Branch and this was later confirmed when an officer within Special Branch admitted this was the case and that hunt saboteur groups were high on their agenda.

We strongly suspect that our phones were bugged by Special Branch during this period and the following two examples should highlight why we believe this.

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