A MAN has admitted hare coursing in Therfield, near Royston, in what is thought to be the first conviction of its kind in the UK.
Jimmy Cash, 45, was spotted poaching by police on Sandon Road in the village, at around 8am on October 21 last year.
Royston’s rural officer, Pc Paul Marina, was one of those on the scene.
He said: "I saw Jimmy Cash walk to an area of farmland and then release his dog that coursed but never caught a hare.
"The lurcher then ran to the officer who seized the dog whilst other offices arrested Mr Cash."
At Stevenage Magistrates’ Court, Cash was c