The landmark conviction has renewed concerns about the disappearance of the protected birds in Lancashire, including the Forest of Bowland. Racster Dingwall, head gamekeeper on the Conistone and ...

A North Yorkshire man has been sentenced for trying to kill a protected bird of prey, in a first for the justice system.

A head gamekeeper has pleaded guilty in England’s first-ever case involving the persecution of a Hen Harrier, in what has ...

A North Yorkshire gamekeeper has been sentenced for trying to kill a legally-protected bird ...

Racster Dingwall, former head gamekeeper at the Coniston and Grassington estate in North Yorkshire, pleaded guilty today to ...

A gamekeeper has been sentenced for trying to kill a hen harrier on a Yorkshire Dales moor. The case against Racster Dingwall ...

A head gamekeeper has been fined for persecuting legally-protected hen harriers in what was understood to be a legal first, ...

On 29 January at York Magistrates Court, Racster Dingwall, Head Gamekeeper on the Conistone and Grassington Estate in the ...

Racster Dingwell, 35, has been sentenced for trying to kill a legally-protected bird in the Yorkshire Dales. | ITV News Tyne Tees ...

Racster Dingwall pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting bird of prey persecution, using the Serious Crime Act 2007, believed to be the first case of its kind in the country. The incident happened ...

A North Yorkshire head gamekeeper has been fined for targeting hen harriers in what police say is the first prosecution of its kind.

Dingwall, 35, of Ellingstring, Masham, was interviewed by Rural Taskforce officers, and charged with encouraging or assisting the killing of a Schedule one wild bird; and possessing a shotgun for the ...