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| Serenity restored - Cleethorpes Boating Lake on a winter afternoon |
HUMBERSIDE police have defended their decision to withold the name of the man who killed one goose and injured several others in a motoring incident at Cleethorpes Boating Lake.
As he was 18 - and thus not a juvenile - there was no legal reason why the defendant should not have been named.
It is not known if Grimsby magistrates made an order stipulating that his identity should have stayed confidential, but such a course of action would have been highly unusual and open to legal challenge.
Following the court case, heard earlier this month, Humberside police issued a statement confirming the conviction and outlining the penalty - fines of £1,085 plus a court surcharge (thought to have been about £100) to fund victim and witness services.
But the statement did not officially name the youth even though this information had already leaked out via social media.
Asked why his identity was witheld, a police spokesman commented: "This was an emotive case in advance of which a number of threats had been made.
"We have a duty not to incite tensions and violence.
"Therefore, we would strongly advise against publishing his name, and we would appreciate co-operation in this matter."
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