Huntsman wins appeal

A huntsman has overturned his conviction for offering advice on how to run illegal fox hunts in two private webinars. Mark Hankinson, 61, was recorded advising around 100 senior hunters, including a member of the House of Lords, on how to evade the ban, it was claimed. The prosecution had alleged the Dorset farmer was giving advice on how to avoid the law while Hankinson maintained he was advising what to do if saboteurs disrupt legal hunts. During the two…