HSA news release 29th January 2005

Hunt 'stewards' arrested after attack on hunt saboteurs

Two men operating as hunt "stewards" for the Avon Vale Hunt were arrested on Saturday 29th January after attacking hunt saboteurs from Pewsey Vale and Bath.

The stewards attacked 2 saboteurs as they walked along a bridleway between Great Chalfield Manor and Little Chalfield Farm near Holt in Wiltshire.

The saboteurs, who had been closely followed by between 2 and 6 police officers all day, were attacked as they attempted to walk round a hunt vehicle blocking the bridleway. When the male saboteur was violently pushed to the ground, the female sab called for the police to intervene. She was also violently forced to the ground.