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Hare coursers ordered to pay £20,000 in costs and compensation after 'destroying' a farmer's field

Lincolnshire Police said the four men had caused 'great distress' to the farmer

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Lincolnshire Police said the group had destroyed farm land and crops during the incident (generic)
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Lincolnshire Police said the group had destroyed farm land and crops during the incident (generic)

Hare coursers from South Yorkshire have been ordered to pay nearly £20,000 after ‘destroying' a Lincolnshire farmer's field. Lincolnshire Police said four men had been sentenced at Lincolnshire Magistrates'...

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