Four men and a teenage boy have been charged in connection with hare coursing in Suffolk.
Among them is Dartford man Abraham Baker, 22, of Ridgeway.
Suffolk police were called at 11am on Friday (July 31) to reports of people believed to be hunting with dogs in a field.
Officers attended the scene and subsequently arrested five people on suspicion of hare coursing who were all taken in for questioning.
Hare coursing. (c.) League Against Cruel Sports
All five have been charged with daytime trespass by five or more in pursuit of game.
The other four suspects are Tony Baker,21, from East Sussex, Tommylee Beaney, 18, from Sittingbourne, Obie Harber, 21, from Ashford and a 16-year-old boy, from near Ashford, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
They have all been released on police bail to appear at West Suffolk Magistrates’ Court on September 7.
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