TV chef and trainer facing court over hare coursing


Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright and racehorse trainer Sir Mark Prescott are being prosecuted for alleged hare coursing. The International Fund for Animal Welfare has brought a private prosecution against the pair. Dickson Wright, 60, and Sir Mark, 59, each face allegations of hunting hares with dogs at two events in Nunnington and Amotherby, North Yorkshire, in March. They also face charges of attending these events. The pair are due to answer a summons at Scarborough magistrates court on November 9. Hare coursing was outlawed at the same time as fox hunting with hounds. Press Association