Part-time gamekeeper Timothy Hall, 48, and his son Lewis Hall, 23, of Lamberton Holdings, Berwickshire appeared for sentencing this morning at Jedburgh Sheriff Court after the pair pleaded guilty in December 2023 to numerous offences relating to the illegal laundering of peregrines, which were stolen from the wild and sold on to clients in the Middle East.
The Sheriff deferred sentencing for a further four weeks after asking HM Revenue & Customs to examine the pairs’ accounts.
Sentencing is now expected to take place on 12th February 2024.
UPDATE 15.30hrs: More detail revealed about international peregrine laundering case in Scotland (here)
UPDATE 12 Feb 2024: Part-time gamekeeper Timothy Hall and his son Lewis Hall avoid custodial sentence for laundering wild peregrines in Scotland (here)
Raptor Persecution UK 
You’d have thought someone, somewhere, in the Scottish justice system would have thought of doing that a wee while ago! Why do I smell a rat?
[Ed: Let’s wait to hear the full details of this case – it’s not straightforward]