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Lancashire men ordered to pay more than 拢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 鈥� 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 拢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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