John Tolfree

A South Suffolk Hunt Saboteur has been found not guilty despite former Essex & Suffolk huntsman John Henty's best efforts. Henty pursued a prosecution alleging abusive and threatening behaviour under Section 5 of the Public Order Act. The case followed an incident on a quiet country lane in which Henty pursued the hunt saboteurs' vehicle, blocked it in, approached it and attempted to provoke a reaction. However, upon reflection the case raises serious questions as to why it was ever brought to court in the first place, when both the defence and the prosecution sought to discontinue the case on more than once occasion. The judge concluded that Henty had continued the interaction with the sab of his own accord and had got out of his vehicle voluntarily, amongst other things. A considerable amount of time, money and public resources have been spent pursuing this matter, leaving us asking why was it allowed to get this far in the first place? Read more 👉 huntsabs.org.uk/save-the-sou… 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙖𝙗𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚.