On the morning of September 5, 2020, the Pytchley Hunt were in the Sibbertoft area of Northamptonshire when they came upon a group of hunt protestors.

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An altercation ensued whereby body cameras and camcorders held by the protestors were damaged by members of the hunt, before Christopher Mardles, aged 27, previously of Petworth, West Sussex, rode his horse in the direction of members of the protest and collided with a man in his 60s.

At a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court in March of this year, Mardles pleaded guilty to Section 20 – wounding, and at the same court yesterday (Thursday, November 9), was sentenced to one year and six months in prison.

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