“A gamekeeper has been cleared of trying to trap wild birds, after a judge ruled RSPB video evidence gained by trespassing could not be used in court.
District Judge Kevin Grego, at Telford Magistrates’ Court, excluded the covert footage showing Neil Wainwright.
Wainwright, of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, was cleared of three counts related to trapping wild birds but admitted three unrelated charges.
The RSPB said it would discuss with the CPS the case’s wider implications.
Wainwright, who was fined £500 plus costs, claimed he had used two white quails in a trap at Birch Hill Wood, near Ratlinghope, south Shropshire, to catch mink or stoat rather than birds of prey.”

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Source: BBC news