Date set for chef’s trial for alleged hare-coursing
TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright
A CELEBRITY chef will be tried
next April in connection with alleged
hare-coursing.
Clarissa Dickson Wright, 60, is
accused of hunting hares with
dogs and attending a hare-coursing
event at Nunnington, Helmsley,
on March 2, and two similar
offences at Amotherby, near Malton,
both North Yorkshire, on
March 3. She has pleaded not
guilty by letter.
Six others also stand accused,
including racehorse trainer Sir
Mark Prescott, who pleaded not
guilty to the same charges.
A pre-trial hearing was held
yesterday at Scarborough Magistrates'
Court when a two-week
trial was set for April 14. A pretrial
review will be held on March
3, but the defendants are not expected
to attend.
Sir Mark and Miss Dickson
Wright are being prosecuted by
the International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW).
Richard Furlong, of the IFAW,
said it had video evidence showing
hares being beaten out of
bushes and chased by dogs.
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The Crown Prosecution Service
is dealing with five defendants,
including 78-year-old former
racehorse trainer Miles
Henry Easterby, known as Peter,
of Habton Grange Farm, Great
Habton, near Malton.
He is accused of permitting
land to be used for and attending
hare-coursing. John Shaw, 54, of
Welburn Manor, Welburn, near
Kirkbymoorside, is charged with
the same offence.
Andrew Lund-Watkinson, 56,
of Pine View Lodge, Newton-on-
Rawcliffe, near Pickering, and
Jacqueline Teal, 42, of Scarborough
Road, Norton, Malton, are
accused of attending a hare
coursing event.
And Elizabeth Dixon, 44, of Appleton-
le-Street, Malton, is accused
of knowingly facilitating
a hare-coursing event.
Miss Dickson Wright, who lives
in Inveresk, East Lothian, is a former
barrister who found fame as
one half of the former Two Fat
Ladies celebrity chef team.
Geoff Edmond, chief inspector
for the RSPCA's York group, was
also present to observe the proceedings.
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