A Hunt supporter has been charged with actual bodily harm after a anti-hunt monitor was allegedly beaten up while filming a West hunt. Police said a 44-year-old local man would appear before magistrates in Barnstaple following an incident in October when animal welfare campaigner Kevin Hill was viciously attacked as he filmed a baying mob of hunt fans waiting for the kill.

Grandfather Mr Hill, 55, was punched to the ground and kicked in the face by a hunt supporter. Other blood sport fans, including parents with children, stood and watched as he was beaten up, ignoring his pleas for help. One elderly man even laughed as blood poured from Mr Hill's gashed forehead after the beating.