Defendants ordered to pay fines and costs totalling over £12,000

Water bailiffs struck in the face and poked in the eye at Shropshire fishery near Bridgnorth

Police called to incident after defendants refused to co-operate

Fines and costs totalling £6,937.00 were imposed on Andrew Bowman, 44 , of Cross Place Dudley.

This was made up of a £488 fine for assault, £146 for fishing without a licence, a victim surcharge of £253 and costs of £6,000. He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to one of the water bailiffs he assaulted.

He had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to assaulting the officers at Poole Hall Fishery on 6 September 2023. This case was heard by Telford Magistrates court on April 25 2025.

His father, Sidney Bowman, 75, also of Cross Place Dudley, had admitted similar

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