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Lincolnshire Police said the four men had caused 'great distress' to the farmer

Cleveland Police said three men had been caught hare coursing on private farmland in the Cleveland area with the help of a police drone operator

"Poachers do not come to catch game to take for the pot. It is a sport to them. It is a killing machine."

Michael Chaulk and William Smith were also handed court costs, disqualified from driving and a deprivation order for all four dogs at Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court

Four Cambridgeshire men have been fined and given suspended jail terms following successful police prosecution