Hunt Sab Update

Latest figures for arrests under the Criminal Justice Act are encouraging: we have had 297 arrests this season (not massively up on average) of which 148 have been under section 68-69 of the Criminal Justice Act. Of the CJA cases, there have been 3 convictions, one bind-over and at least a third (51 at last count) of the cases have been dropped before getting to court. In fact, the picture looks even better as we reckon that at least 75% of the CJA cases will fail. Most of these will probably turn out to be unlawful arrests, instigating a cash bonanza for hunt sabs equal to the Home Office's last "clamp down" (83 separate civil actions, costing various police forces over £250,000).

If you deduct the daft CJA arrests from the total, it's not bad for this season, particularly considering local distortions - i.e. 80 of the arrests have been in Cheshire where the police have adopted an "arrest on sight" policy, over which they are likely to come badly unstuck. Contact Hunts Sabs for your nearest group on 0115 959 0357