On 9 April 2013 at Inverness Sheriff court, Keith Liddell of Holm Dell Drive, Inverness, was sentenced to a 220 hours community service order. During an earlier trial in March there was a dramatic change in direction and he decided to plead guilty to 13 charges relating to the illegal trading in birds’ eggs [...]
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Prison officer Kieth Liddell who admitted illegally possessing and trading in birds eggs has been ordered to carry out 220 hours unpaid community work .Liddell, 53, of Inverness, pleaded guilty last month to 11 of 13 charges relating to being involved in the illegal trade of eggs. He also admitted two of three charges relating [...] Individuals who steal bird eggs will be targeted in this year’s Operation Easter. A national campaign to protect the eggs and chicks of birds of prey is under way as nesting gets into full swing. For the first time in its 16-year history, Operation Easter will be carried out by the National Wildlife Crime [...] Thanks to South Devon’s pro-active Wildlife Crime Officer, PC Josh Marshall, two men have been convicted today of stealing bird’s eggs and connected offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act after a two-year operation. Marcus Betteridge, 52 years from Jubilee Road in Totnes was fined £1,000 after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of [...] RSPB officers and police found hundreds of eggs in margarine containers Link to BBC video of Upson helping Police search his home. Michael Upson, 52 and a former Suffolk police constable who amassed a collection of 649 rare birds’ eggs has been given a suspended jail term. Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard Upson was arrested [...] RSPB Media Release A former Suffolk police officer, Michael Upson (of Sotherton, Suffolk) has pleaded guilty today at Norwich Magistrates Court of possessing 650 wild bird eggs collected while he was still in the Suffolk Constabulary. This follows a successful investigation by the Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies and the [...] Serial egg-collector Matthew Gonshaw is attempting to use the court of appeal to over turn his recent ASBO preventing his from travelling to Scotland where he was able to conduct most of his obsession for collecting rare and endangered birds eggs, including many raptor eggs. This was the first order of its kind in [...] CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE NEWS RELEASE 11 MAY 2012 EGG THIEF SENTENCED FOR TAKING WILD BIRDS’ EGGS ON THE ISLE OF RUM [...]
“What we were doing was just something worthwhile. You know, helping these birds to recover from the low – very low – ebb that they were in, in the fifties and early sixties.” Today, the high fells and crags of Cumbria are a stronghold for the Peregrine Falcon in [...] For the first time an egg collector has been banned from travelling to Scotland during the nesting season for ten years. An anti-social behaviour order was issued against Matthew Gonshaw because of his repeated Scottish visits to take eggs of birds like golden eagles and ospreys. He had previously admitted 10 charges of theft and [...] |
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