J.G.W
Well-Known Member
Saw this on an Australian hunting forum.They will probably only get a slap on the wrist. How would this be dealt with in your part of the world?
"Again just letting the hunting fraternity know that I caught Vince Ashe trespassing on my property yesterday with a hunting client. He has been poaching deer on my place for years with paying clients and yesterday he and his client were caught red handed. He has been charged with trespass while armed as well as unlicensed possession of a silencer as has Zac Hepburn but Zac did a runner as the police arrived but the police know who he is and have taken over the search for him. More charges hopefully to come but unfortunately a stag was killed before I could catch them."
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Senior Constable xxxx xxxxx on May 9, 2018 @ 3:26pm
A 57-year-old man from Crows Nest has been charged with multiple offences at Middlemount following a trespassing incident.
Around 7am yesterday, a resident of a large rural property on May Downs Road identified a person allegedly unlawfully on his property and rang police due to suspicions that the person may have possessed a firearm.
On the arrival, police spoke with the man and allegedly found in his possession two rifles and a silencer.
The man was charged with trespassing, unlawful possession of weapons and carrying a weapon on private land without the owner's consent while the weapon is loaded or capable of being discharged.
He was given a Notice to Appear at the Mackay Magistrates Court on June 25.
Obviously innocent until proven guilty, just wondering how seriously other parts of the globe take this sort of thing.
"Again just letting the hunting fraternity know that I caught Vince Ashe trespassing on my property yesterday with a hunting client. He has been poaching deer on my place for years with paying clients and yesterday he and his client were caught red handed. He has been charged with trespass while armed as well as unlicensed possession of a silencer as has Zac Hepburn but Zac did a runner as the police arrived but the police know who he is and have taken over the search for him. More charges hopefully to come but unfortunately a stag was killed before I could catch them."
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Senior Constable xxxx xxxxx on May 9, 2018 @ 3:26pm
A 57-year-old man from Crows Nest has been charged with multiple offences at Middlemount following a trespassing incident.
Around 7am yesterday, a resident of a large rural property on May Downs Road identified a person allegedly unlawfully on his property and rang police due to suspicions that the person may have possessed a firearm.
On the arrival, police spoke with the man and allegedly found in his possession two rifles and a silencer.
The man was charged with trespassing, unlawful possession of weapons and carrying a weapon on private land without the owner's consent while the weapon is loaded or capable of being discharged.
He was given a Notice to Appear at the Mackay Magistrates Court on June 25.
Obviously innocent until proven guilty, just wondering how seriously other parts of the globe take this sort of thing.