Biggest egg thief case for 20 years gets 23 weeks in prison
On the 2nd April Richard Pearson, was found guilty to amassing a huge collection of wild birds eggs in the biggest case of its kind in the UK for 20 years.
The court heard how police and RSPB officers raided Pearson’s Cleethorpe’s home in November 2006 and found a huge number of birds of prey and other rare birds eggs.
Inside they found his collection of more than 7,000 wild birds eggs, including those of some of the UK’s rarest nesting species such as golden eagle, little tern, osprey, black-necked grebe, avocet, black-tailed godwit, stone-curlew, chough, peregrine and red-throated diver.
Officers also found 59 dead birds in a freezer in his garage and dozens of diaries detailing where and when he had found the eggs.
They seized equipment such as a rubber dinghy, waders, climbing spikes, syringes, cameras and sat-nav systems, all used to amass such a huge collection over a 20-year period. Pearson, 41, was sentenced to 23 weeks in prison.
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