Well, after poachers running round on a quad last night, and leaving some gates open, whereupon sheep got out again, the farmer has said next time hold Henk, block the lane, call plod, and have them done for armed trespass. That means they will lose their FAC, their guns, their quad, and will probably be looking at time behind bars too.
Bloody idiots. If they asked me and the farmer, and didnt run everywhere on a quad, and didn't leave gates open, we would have probably have them shoot no problem (i have let a fair few shoot here). Now they've just buggered it up for everyone, as I won't let anyone, except a select few friends, shoot my permissions now
Bloody idiots, spoilt it for themselves and everyone else now.
I asked all the farmers, and NONE of them had given anyone permission. Nope, I won't be marching them anywhere, I will just hold them until plod arrives. Plod already said I can use any means reasonable to protect life property and possessions, and that includes blocking the lane, especially when they are armed. That's the first thing I did, BEFORE I even went out, was to phone the farmers and ask, as none had asked me, but as soon as they saw me they were off like scalded cats, so they KNEW they were trespassing. And armed trespass carries FIVE YEARS imprisonment, plus loss of quad, guns, FAC, and probably any job they have too. If they can provide WRITTEN permission, or a phone number to the farmer (they were doing all the roads and lanes and fields of ALL the farms), then they can go on their way.
its bloody annoying, in the last 2 months I've had 15 donkeys, 200 sheep, numerous cattle, all escaped and running around roads at night, just asking for an accident because these buggers leave gates open. And now another 9 sheep this morning