A MAN will appear in court after an incident of illegal hunting in South Oxfordshire.

Thames Valley Police has charged a man in connection with an incident of hare coursing which happened in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Hugh Connors, aged 40, of Starling Walk, Hampton, Richmond-Upon-Thames, was charged on Sunday with a count of poaching.

The charge is in connection with an incident of hare coursing which took place at 10.40am on Sunday, November 10, in farm land between the A4130 and Slade End in Wallingford.

Connors was bailed to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on December 17.