Criminal proceedings continued today against Scottish gamekeeper William Dick.
Dick, 24, of Whitehill Cottages, Kirkmahoe, Dumfries is accused of bludgeoning and then repeatedly stamping on a buzzard. The offences are alleged to have taken place in Sunnybrae, Dumfries in April 2014. Dick has denied the charges.
Today’s hearing was a notional diet and the next hearing will be an intermediate diet on 24 February 2015. A provisional trial date has been set for 23 March 2015, pending the outcome of the intermediate diet in February.
Raptor Persecution UK 
These diets make me sick. Probably another case which will eventually run out of time!
Diets are just part of the legal process, whilst it grinds slowly once the proceedings have begun it’s not going to run out of time