Peatling Magna: Man due in court charged with hunting offence

Police said the charge related to an incident involving a fox in January

A man is due in court charged with a hunting offence.

William Hanson, 32, 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, Leicestershire Police said.

It relates to an incident involving a fox in the Peatling Magna area of Leicestershire on 8 January.

Mr Hanson, of South Lawns, Swinbrook, Oxford, is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 13 July.