Warwickshire hunt follower dies in gyrocopter accident

EllaBella,

The fatality occurred on a taxyway on an active airfield. The hunt was not there. The deceased person had travelled to the airfield. The question is not 'why did the aircraft land' but 'why was a person on that part of the airfield' and 'what then happened'.

I'm certainly no anti, actually a pro, but airfields are no place for inexperienced people to be wandering around.
 
Can't answer your questions why a person was on the airfield, but someone has now been charged with murder
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http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/appeals/2009311Manchargedfoll
 
one man has been charged with the murder of trevor.
To me that is such a relief that they didnt get away with it although still wont bring him back.
This might bring some relief to his family and friends.
poor chap only went to see who it was and why they were following the hunt.
 
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It was the Cheshire Beagles - from memory I think it was the '92-'93 season. A sab named Mike Hill fell off the back of the hunt pick-up which was towing the hound trailer. Reports of what he was doing at the time vary but at one stage he had allegedly taken the cap off the fuel tank and was brandishing a lighter near it. The huntsman was heading for the police station - understandably he didn't want to stop and risk a physical confrontation.

The huntsman's house was attacked that night and later burnt down. The police investigated thoroughly and decided it was an accident. The sabs brought a private prosecution against the huntsman - that failed. The huntsman had to leave hunt service as he and his family were constantly targetted and harrassed.

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@ Scratchline......

Read the above,

I stand by my earlier statement, anyone who would do as is said above, in my eyes deserves enything that their own actions cause.

I am not Politically Correct at all, I say what I think, whether anyone likes it or not!
From what I have read and seen on TV about anti's and their actions, such as throwing amonia into the eyes of hunt horses to name but one......personally I don't like them and regard them as scum. To purposely injure animals in the name of protecting other animals is totally unacceptable.

Have a go at me all you want, but I think you are deliberately being provocative with your posts, to cause trouble.

My personal opinions are my own opinions, but supported by quite a lot of right minded sensible thinking people.
 
This is very close to home for me, spoke to a friend of mine who knew Trevor today and everyone is devastated.

We don't know the facts, was he stood in the runway or to the side? Plus sure ly he would have tried to get out of the way?

Local news is saying postmortem revealed he died of severe head injuries. Obviously some evidence of something as one man was charged with murder, not manslaughter, murder.

Hard to understand it was an accident when people are charged with murder. Guess we don;t know all the facts though.
 
"Hard to understand it was an accident when people are charged with murder. Guess we don;t know all the facts though. "

The only way this could be murder is if the whoever was then in control of the aircraft saw the person on foot, and then deliberatly taxied the aircraft into him. Given that aircraft are very expensive I personally very much doubt that a pilot would deliberatly risk damage to the aircraft. I can believe this was an accident... since aircraft are not as easy to manoevre on the ground as a car... and dont have such powerful brakes... and in this case had a spinning propellor and possibl a spinning rotor, either of which can literally mince a body that gets in their way. Either which way, a charge of murder is way over the top on the part of the police, especially it will take days or weeks before the AAIB inspectors produce a report.
 
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"Hard to understand it was an accident when people are charged with murder. Guess we don;t know all the facts though. "

The only way this could be murder is if the whoever was then in control of the aircraft saw the person on foot, and then deliberatly taxied the aircraft into him. Given that aircraft are very expensive I personally very much doubt that a pilot would deliberatly risk damage to the aircraft. I can believe this was an accident... since aircraft are not as easy to manoevre on the ground as a car... and dont have such powerful brakes... and in this case had a spinning propellor and possibl a spinning rotor, either of which can literally mince a body that gets in their way. Either which way, a charge of murder is way over the top on the part of the police, especially it will take days or weeks before the AAIB inspectors produce a report.

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What on earth do you base this post on. Do you have ANY idea how many hoops the Police would have to jump through evidentially to satisfy the CPS that charges can be authorised, it would have been far more simple for them to have bailed both suspects off or remanded the one who appears to be more liable.

If somebody has been charged it is because there is fairly overwhelming evidence to support a charge - not because somebody decided to be 'over the top' on a whim.
 
@ Pakkasham

I think you could have worded your post a little more thoughtfully, just in case the man's poor family happen to read this thread................

Your coments regarding the damage done by the moving parts is too graphic.......... please remove said reference from your original post !!!!
 
The pilot has been charged with murder, the police DO NOT think this was an accident. End of story.

My thoughts are with Trevors family at such a sad time.
 

First of all I'd like to start off by saying I'm a family member of Trevor and thank you to all the kind messages and support that the family have received from people from all walks of life, it is a huge comfort.

I'd just like to point out a few things that have been mentioned in the press and on this forum and others on the internet.

Long Marston air strip isnt an active airfield as such and is used mainly as a strip for a car boot sale at weekends and in the summer for music festivals etc and is the site for where the proposed new eco town is to be built which will be known as Middle Quinton.

The gyrocopter that landed didnt have permission to land and refuel, and Trevor wasnt just walking across the strip at the time. For obvious reasons I cant go into any detail.

In the press its been stated that Trevors wife Caroline was present at Long Marston when he was Murdered and that he leaves Two children. Trevor wasnt even married, he didnt have any children and Caroline ( his long time partner ) wasnt there at the time and was actually at work unaware of what was happening.

The one thing they did get right in the press though was that Trevor really was a gentle giant and the countryside was his life, and the countryside will be a sadder place without Trev.
 
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@ Pakkasham

I think you could have worded your post a little more thoughtfully, just in case the man's poor family happen to read this thread................

Your coments regarding the damage done by the moving parts is too graphic.......... please remove said reference from your original post !!!!

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The above from the person who posted "I am not Politically Correct at all, I say what I think, whether anyone likes it or not!"
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And of course you stand by what YOU posted about another's loss of life regardless of whether or not his family may read YOUR words?!
I am not trying to 'provoke you'. Perhaps you just dont like honesty when others post in a like-minded way to yourself!
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Right lads, give it a rest, there is a member of his family on here now, an investigation is underway, a person has been charged, for all these reasons lets be as dignified and respectful of the family (and the courts!) as possible.

My condolences, Warks.
 
I think that Warks post has just about summed it up, and with respect to Hacking_Hacks comments I will let this matter lie, no matter how much I want to respond to what I believe is a sab.

Rest in peace Trevor.
 
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I think that Warks post has just about summed it up, and with respect to Hacking_Hacks comments I will let this matter lie, no matter how much I want to respond to what I believe is a sab.

Rest in peace Trevor.

[/ QUOTE ] Ditto, a good time to leave it following both Warks and Hacking_Hacks posts. Thus ignoring the 'sab', comment made after you let the matter lie!
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Please, have some respect ! A man has been killed and someone has now been charged with murder. Please have some sympathy for the family and friends of this lovely man.
 
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Nope, but they had investigators there within 12 hours - it doesn't take a full published report to make a criminal prosecution decision.

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I will wait to see how events unfold with great interest.
 
It just goes to show how we can all misjudge an incident and how much we believe from the press that try to shovel s**t down our throats to enable them to sell papers. Thank you 'stranger' for coming on the forum to air you view and to put the facts straight. I am very sorry for your loss and whatever the reasoning behind Trevors death it is very sad and heartbreaking for his friends and family. RIP Trevor.
 
My condolences. This is a truly horrible occurrence. I am sure that a great many people from both sides of the hunting debate and independent observers such as the aviation community will observe the investigations with great interest. Nobody can really understand how this came to pass from the facts that have been released so far.

As for Long Marston, I am sure it would pass as an active airfield - it is described as having intense microlight activity. Just as a general top tip, people should always be extremely cautious on airfields and near aircraft. Rotors, propellers and jet engines are lethal and there are many other hazards which a layman probably wouldn't even be aware of.

http://ukga.com/airfield/long-marston/technical
 
Really really don't think now is a time to be questioning, do you?

My deepest sympathy warks, at this awful time. I've also hunted on this airfield and was never aware it was quite a live runway. With part of it being a market, some a dragstrip and what not. When we hunted up there people on motorbikes where going up and down it. There's just one shed with a few gliders, or whatever they are. Aircrafts of some sort anyway!

My mum works for a close family friend of Trevor in Ilmington and understandably they are devastated also.

Terrible thing to happen and i think we need to leave the deciding of facts and truthness of statements to the police.

 
It is an awful accident......

But it's an airfield and as mentioned the aircraft was taxiing on the runway when the collision happened.....no-one should have been walking on that runway when there is aircraft around.

I work at an airport and nobody would be allowed airside without permission or a valid reason it is so dangerous.

Busy or not all airfields should be treated as active.
 
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@ Pakkasham

I think you could have worded your post a little more thoughtfully, just in case the man's poor family happen to read this thread................

Your coments regarding the damage done by the moving parts is too graphic.......... please remove said reference from your original post !!!!

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I wouldn't have said their description was graphic at all. His family are hardly going to get more upset from reading that post given all they have gone through.
 
"Really really don't think now is a time to be questioning, do you? "

It's a fact that this airfield has no ATC and therefore the aircraft did not need permission from ATC to land. All that's required is permission from the landowner.
 
How are you sure they had that then? (genuinely interested, my dad knows the land owner and he let me practice driving on the airfield, but i haven't spoken to him so woldn't know myself)
 
I dont know what permission they had or didnt have. What I'm questioning the statement that the pilot didnt have permission to land and wondering what sort of permission is being referred to.
 
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I dont know what permission they had or didnt have. What I'm questioning the statement that the pilot didnt have permission to land and wondering what sort of permission is being referred to.

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The permission of certain posters perhaps?!
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