Hunt boss ‘encouraged stalking with hounds’

The director of fox hunting association has denied using the internet to encourage stalking with hounds. Farmer Mark Hankinson, 60, director of The Hunting Office, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court by video-link from his farm in Sherborne. The head of ‘the executive arm of the governing bodies for hunting with hounds’ according to its website, is accused of encouraging the illegal activity on two webinars last 11 and 13 August. Wearing a grey pinstriped suit, red and blue tie, and…