Barrowby man has two cars taken off him after attending Lincolnshire hare coursing event

A Barrowby man has had two vehicles taken off him after he pleaded guilty to attending a hare coursing event.

Joseph Lee, aged 46, of Allington Lane, Barrowby, admitted attending the hare coursing event at Newham Drain, New York, Lincolnshire, on January 7, this year.

Boston magistrates ordered that Lee should be deprived of two vehicles, a Subaru Legacy and a Ford Focus, under the Powers of Criminal Court Act 2000. He was also deprived of two pairs of binoculars, one monocular scope, two dog leads and two slip leads, a pulsar thermal imager and two iPhones.

Lee was handed a criminal behaviour order by the court, to last three years, which prohibits him from going on to any private land with certain types of dogs, including lurchers and greyhounds, between July 31 and April 30, without the written permission of the landowner.

Lee was also fined £384 and ordered to pay a surcharge of £154.