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No charges over alleged hen harrier shooting
No charges will be brought over claims two hen harriers were shot on the Sandringham estate, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.
By Selena Masson, Shooting Times
Tuesday, 06 November 2007
No charges will be brought over claims two hen harriers were shot on the Sandringham estate, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.
A nature warden and two walkers claimed they saw a pair of hen harriers shot at Dersingham Bog, near Sandringham, two weeks ago.
A CPS spokesperson has announced today: "Norfolk Crown Prosecution Service has advised Norfolk police there is insufficient evidence to prosecute anyone over the shooting of two hen harrier birds, a protected species, at Sandringham on October 24."
He added: "The bodies of the hen harriers have not been found and there is no forensic or ballistic evidence. Witnesses also heard unexplained shooting in the area before the three suspects said they were present at the scene, so other people cannot be ruled out. The three suspects, who were interviewed by police, all denied that the birds were killed by them."
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