Firstly the answer is yes, I actually know hunt supporters wear balaclavas. I and two other women in a car were surrounded by several young men wearing balaclavas and brandishing sticks in a Comberbach back lane when I first became hunt monitor for the League Against Cruel Sports.

The police were informed.

Secondly if anyone believes another person has damaged their property they should tell the police (always present at hunts). Anyone can make accusations about anyone, but you need to provide evidence. Perhaps it's too late for Kelly to do so?

Thirdly in reply to the question about huntsman abusing themselves or their property, the best example that comes to mind is the poor huntsman who to his embarrassment was found to have made the bomb under his car himself - and not the anti's!

N GREEN

Whatcroft Resident.

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