Two Kimblewick Hunt workers have been sentenced for cruelty against a fox.
Ian Parkinson, 64, of Lower Road, Haddenham, and Mark Vincent, 53, of Kimblewick, Aylesbury, originally denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, contrary to section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
The maximum penalty for this offence is 26 weeks custody and/or an unlimited fine on summary conviction.
The pair were convicted at their trial at Oxford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 30th October 2019. You can read the facts of the case in our earlier article.
Parkinson and Vincent appeared at the same court this morning for sentencing.
District Judge Kamlesh Rana deemed that the offence was so serious that only a custodial sentence was appropriate.
She told them: "Your activity was deliberate and planned, it involved the use of a weapon involved in the course of assisting an illegal activity.
"You put this fox at substantial risk of further suffering, being released in close proximity to an active hunt."
She sentenced the pair to 12 weeks' custody suspended for 12 months, with 120 hours unpaid work and 12 days rehabilitation activity requirement.
They were also ordered to pay £960 in victim surcharge and prosecution costs.
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