FIVE people have pleaded not guilty to charges of animal cruelty in relation to the South Herefordshire hunt.
Paul Oliver, aged 39, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; Hannah Rose, 29, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; Julie Elmore, 54, of Cwmyoy, Abergavenny; Nathan Parry, 38, of Cwmyoy, Abergavenny, and Paul Reece, 47, of Chepstow, appeared at Birmingham magistrates’ court today.
The five have pleaded not guilty to all charges against them.
Oliver, Rose, Elmore and Parry were charged with four counts of animal cruelty, while Reece was charged with two counts of animal cruelty, in May.
Arrests, first made two years ago, were linked to allegations of animal cruelty at the hunt’s Wormelow kennels.
A hearing for legal arguments to be made in relation to abuse of process will take place on December 3 and 4 to determine whether the trial can go ahead.
A trial date has been set for January 14, if the hearing rules the trial can take place.
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