Man charged with hunting offence following incident in Peatling Magna

A man has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with a dog following an incident in Peatling Magna.

William Hanson, 32, of South Lawns, Swinbrook, Oxford, has been charged with hunting a wild mammal with a dog and that the hunting was not of a class exempted by Schedule 1 to the Hunting Act 2004.

The charge is in relation to an incident involving a fox in the Peatling Magna area on 8 January this year.

Hanson is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates Court on Wednesday 13 July.