A FATHER and son have been banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after being found guilty of badger baiting.
John Frame Murray, 57, and his son John Murray, 34, were also ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work each when they were sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
They were found guilty of digging into and damaging a badger sett with the intention of using dogs to take or kill badgers following a trial last month.
Investigators recovered three dogs from their homes which had severe injuries to their lower jaws.
The pair, from Larkhall, were caught after witnesses saw and photographed them digging into a suspected badger sett at Drummond Hill near Lanark in February, 2012.
Procurator Fiscal Sara Shaw said: "The intentions of these men were cruel and illegal."
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