Editing Hunting Act 2004 (section)

=== Derek Hopkins and Kevin Allen (Fernie Hunt): 2011 ===
Huntsman Derek Hopkins and terrierman Kevin Allen, employees of the Fernie Hunt from [[Great Bowden]], were convicted of illegal hunting in October 2011.<ref name=Fernie>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Hunt-pair-guilty-digging-fox-sett/story-12025427-detail/story.html|title=Two Fernie Hunt employees are found guilty of digging fox out of sett|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813165351/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Hunt-pair-guilty-digging-fox-sett/story-12025427-detail/story.html|archive-date=13 August 2013 |newspaper=Leicester Mercury |date=13 January 2011 |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> They also lost their appeal, partly based on video evidence collected by the [[League Against Cruel Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lutterworthmail.co.uk/news/crime/hunt_appeal_dismissed_with_video_1_3160126|work=Lutterworth Mail|title=Hunt appeal dismissed, with VIDEO |date=20 October 2011|access-date=17 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109054917/https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/crime/hunt_appeal_dismissed_with_video_1_3160126 |archive-date=9 November 2016}}</ref> It was the third successful prosecution for illegal fox hunting using the 2004 Act.<ref name=Fernie/>