A man has been banned from having a dog off lead and carrying a catapult or air weapon for 10 years after repeated hare coursing activity across Fenland in Cambridgeshire.
Jimmy Lee, 22, of College Road in College Town, Sandhurst, was subject to a criminal behaviour order (CBO) at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, June 2, after repeated incidents linked to hare coursing across Fenland in Cambridgeshire.
The order restricts his activities across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Bedfordshire, and Hertfordshire.
PC Pete Mills, from the force’s rural crime action team, said: "Lee was initially given a community protection warning in January after he was caught hare coursing.
"However, he breached it in September, resulting in a CPN being imposed and eventually his arrest two months later.
"We use these warnings as a way to impose conditions on individuals and give them the chance to stop the behaviour.
"If they fail to do so, further action can be taken through arrests and putting them before the courts.
"The force is committed to tackling hare coursing, and we will continue to work closely with our rural communities and respond to reports."
The CBO bans Lee from having any dog off-lead, being in possession of a catapult or shot such as ball bearings, and/or an air weapon or any part of an air weapon in a public place, or being in control of a dog on private land without the landowner’s written permission.
He is also prohibited from being in a vehicle with a dog outside a five-mile radius of his home in Devon or his mobile home when working away, unless travelling to a pre-arranged veterinary appointment.
Lee was arrested in December 2025 for breaching a community protection notice (CPN) related to hare coursing in Fenland and Lincolnshire.
He admitted the offence at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court and was fined £200 on February 17.
Hare coursing—a criminal activity involving dogs illegally chasing hares—often results in damage to crops, threats to landowners, and other forms of rural crime.
Anyone who witnesses hare coursing is urged to call 999 immediately, while less urgent information, such as suspicious vehicles or trespassing, can be reported to police on 101 or through the Cambridgeshire Police website.
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