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Matthew Latter

Matthew Latter

Cambridgeshire farmer whose 2,000-acre estate in Sutton Gault was targeted by hare coursers; featured on BBC Radio 4's Buried podcast

Jul 17, 2026

5:16
But in the last five years, he says something's shifted.
5:20
we have seen a massive increase and a massive change.
5:24
It's no longer one man and his dog going for a little course.
5:27
It's five, six, ten men and their cars and their dog going for a big course, taking no consideration for property, for land, for wildlife, for any other things like hedges or trees or property.
5:43
They just drive through it.
6:12
But all this is just the backdrop to what I've really come to talk to Matthew about, a Saturday in January 2025, when he was at home with his young daughter.
6:22
I remember it quite well.
6:23
I was cooking lunch about 12 o'clock and heard a very unusual sound of several vehicles with broken exhaust, loud exhaust, driving at speed.

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