Following this blog, you might get the idea that all I’ve done over the past fortnight is sit and rant at the papers. Oh no! Quite apart from attending my brother’s wedding to the lovely Gwen in Edinburgh recently…
…I have been practising my rifle shooting on plastic and steel foxes with Robert Bucknell…
…freezing my wotsits [...]

An extraordinary argument is being put forward by the defence in the trial of Bryan Griffiths. They appear to be saying that Trevor Morse had ‘time to move’ and chose to stay put.
Are they suggesting he wanted to commit suicide? I can’t see the argument ‘he had time to move’ cutting much ice if a [...]

Those are the words heard on video moments after Trevor Morse was killed by a gyrocopter piloted by Bryan Griffiths who is on trial at Birmingham Crown Court, charged with ‘manslaughter by gross negligence’.
The words may prove crucial in determining Griffiths’ guilt or innocence. They certainly ring very hollow coming from people who lecture others [...]

The trial begins today at Birmingham Crown Court of Bryan Griffiths, charged with killing a hunt supporter who died after being struck by the propeller blades of a gyrocopter. Griffiths denies the manslaughter of Warwickshire Hunt member Trevor Morse on 9 March last year. Previous posts here, here and here.

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BASC’s uncompromising stance on cage systems for game birds has certainly polarised the shooting community – to the point where BASC members are writing to DEFRA to tell them ‘BASC don’t speak on my behalf’.
An email currently circulating is headed ‘Please read and respond if you wish your sport to have a future’. It provides [...]