I'd like to s*** you, councillor tells Yorkshire hunt saboteur

Charles Carter, 33, is filmed confronting a hunt activist. Picture: SWNSCharles Carter, 33, is filmed confronting a hunt activist. Picture: SWNS
Charles Carter, 33, is filmed confronting a hunt activist. Picture: SWNS
A CONSERVATIVE councillor has been suspended for telling a female fox hunting saboteur: 'I'd quite like to s*** you.'

Hunt master Charles Carter, 33, was filmed telling Linda Hoggard, 41, that she was “very pretty”, before requesting her number and asking: “Can I take you to bed please?”

The Norfolk councillor made the remarks after being challenged by activists during a meet of the Middleton Hunt, near Malton.

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Police confirmed they were investigating the incident, and animal rights activists have since called for Mr Carter to resign.

The altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNSThe altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNS
The altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNS

The woman confronted Carter while he was on horseback, dressed in a red hunting jacket and helmet.

She said: “Excuse me, did you know hunting was banned? Hunting is banned and I have seen video chasing a fox along there. Hunting is banned so why are you still hunting? You still get away with it don’t you, you lot?”

Mr Carter, who has represented Saham Toney, Norfolk, since 2011, then took out his mobile phone, prompting the irate woman to retort: “What, you want to take a picture of me?”

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Carter then calmly said: “I’d quite like to s*** you actually.”

The altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNSThe altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNS
The altercation was filmed on a phone. Picture: SWNS

The huntsman then rode off without addressing the allegations, which is that hounds belonging to the Middleton Hunt, who meet every Monday, were chasing a fox.

Fox hunting has been banned in England and Wales since 2005.

Mrs Hoggard said: “At the end of the day, no one should speak to you like that. I’m just a housewife and I have got children. For someone to say that is absolutely disgusting.