A high-profile falcolner from Colyton has been given a five-month suspended jail sentence for forging an animal passport for his Golden Eagle - so that he could get on a TV programme with Alan Titchmarsh.
A high-profile falcolner from Colyton has been given a five-month suspended jail sentence for forging an animal passport for his Golden Eagle - so that he could get on a TV programme with Alan Titchmarsh.
A judge in Exeter told 46-year-old Jonathan Marshall yesterday he was a dishonest criminal and banned him from keeping large birds of prey.
Police superintendent Robert Bolt, who worked on the case, says it highlights how the law will protect endangered species.
But it's too late for Samson the Eagle. When Mr Marshall was told to forefeit the bird, the court was told he was shot by a gamekeeper last year.
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