Russell Mason, 49, has been sentenced after covert footage revealed that he illegally killed a protected Eurasian Goshawk in a cage trap.

Russell Mason, 49, is told to carry out unpaid work as well as being find after the goshawk was killed.

A gamekeeper who trapped a rare bird of prey in a cage before beating it to death was caught out by a covert surveillance operation. Russell Mason, 49, lured the protected goshawk into a baited trap ...

A gamekeeper who trapped a protected bird of prey has avoided jail. Perth Sheriff Court was shown footage of Russell Mason ...

A “brutal” gamekeeper who bludgeoned a protected bird of prey to death and illegally stored ammunition has been sentenced. Russell Mason, 49, killed a goshawk by repeatedly striking it with a cosh ...