Two men who were caught illegally using a metal detector at a Peterborough historical site have been sentenced at court.
Keith Stacey and Samuel Wildman, from Kettering, were convicted of unlawful metal detecting at Durobrivae Roman town, a protected Roman site at Water Newton near the city.
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news ... -1-7499324
Men convicted of ‘nighthawking’
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About time we started to see some prosecutions for night hawking - I would also liked to have seen mention that their detectors were seized and destroyed by the police - do you know if this happened Phil?
I also think they should have been fined a lot more heavily, at least a few thousand £'s each which might help to be more of a deterrent.
These idiots just give every detectorist a bad name
I also think they should have been fined a lot more heavily, at least a few thousand £'s each which might help to be more of a deterrent.
These idiots just give every detectorist a bad name
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The sentences were far too light, and will do nothing to put a stop to their life on crime.
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''The detectorists’ activity was witnessed by a farm worker who was able to take photographic evidence and reported the incident to Cambridgeshire Police and Historic England''.
A photo of them detecting and the car at the site would seal the fate of nighthawks without the need to confront them on site.
A photo of them detecting and the car at the site would seal the fate of nighthawks without the need to confront them on site.
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Good plan I always carry my cameras with mePhilD wrote:''The detectorists’ activity was witnessed by a farm worker who was able to take photographic evidence and reported the incident to Cambridgeshire Police and Historic England''.
A photo of them detecting and the car at the site would seal the fate of nighthawks without the need to confront them on site.
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I take it these two idiots were 'Dayhawking' rather than Nighthawking then if photographs were taken of them out in the fields? Sounds like they were just asking to be caught.
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