Farmer blasts ‘shambolic’ police response to poaching

A South Yorkshire farmer has slammed police for their “shambolic” response to a serious hare coursing incident on his farm.

In the early hours of 7 November, the farmer received a phone call from a local, telling him there was a Ford Ranger stuck in a ditch bordering his arable field, near Norton, Doncaster. The car was full of beer bottles.

The farmer called South Yorkshire Police and a police car arrived about 20 minutes later.

The suspect was handcuffed and made to remove his shoes before being put in a police car.