Stockport Monitors Ambush Wynnstay Hunt with Hammers, Machetes
- dereckhoward99
- Mar 3
- 3 min read
Members of the notorious Stockport Monitors, reportedly commanded by ringleader Paul Allman and convicted bomb-maker David Blenkinsop, attacked a meeting of the Wynnstay Hunt on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the men, clad in ski masks and balaclavas, were armed with hammers, baseball bats, and even a machete.
The attack occurred at approximately 12:15 near Tybroughton in North Wales during the Wynnstay’s final meeting of the season. Hunt supporters say that approximately 15 hunt saboteurs arrived in four 4x4s and attempted to block the road. One sab, armed with a shovel, struck a Wynnstay member and damaged the rear of his car.
The armed mob then reportedly chased hunt supporters down the road, attempting to mow down any still on foot. Four sabs were later arrested.
Hunt supporters reported seeing Paul Allman, the leader of the Stockport Monitors, at the scene in a silver Audi Q7. In December 2023, Allman was handed a five-year criminal behaviour order which bans him from attending any hunt activities in Cheshire or North Wales or risk imprisonment. His presence at the Wynnstay Hunt on Saturday would be a clear violation of this CBO.
Allman was previously sentenced to 20 weeks in custody for violently attacking two members of the Wynnstay Hunt in 2021, with District Judge John McGarva labelling him a ‘danger to the public’. In 2022, Allman went on to assault another group of hunt supporters in Oakham, including a 15-year-old girl, who he pushed to the ground.
Eyewitnesses also reported seeing David Blenkinsop, of the Cheshire Hunt Saboteurs, at the scene. Blenkinsop was previously jailed alongside two fellow sabs in August 2001 after attacking Brian Cass, the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, with a pickaxe. The attack resulted in Mr Cass sustaining a 7cm head wound and Blenkinsop being sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
Blenkinsop’s other crimes include blowing up a delivery lorry belonging to Mutchmeats food processing in Witney in May 2000 and exploding three cars owned by employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences in August of the same year. He was sentenced to five-and-a-half years’ imprisonment while already serving time for the attack on Brian Cass.
Additionally, members of the Wynnstay Hunt said they spotted chartered ecologist and Badger Trust board member Tristam Pierce at the same meeting. While Pearce does not boast a similar history of violence to either Allman or Blenkinsop, his association with these dangerous sabs calls into question his reputation as a peaceful monitor and will no doubt raise eyebrows amongst his clientele at Pearce Environment Ltd.
Unsurprisingly, the Wynnstay Hunt wasted no time in calling the police on these violent criminals. Eight firearms officers arrived on the scene, as well as a police helicopter, to disburse the Stockport sabs.
Incredibly, the sabs have tried to make light of the situation, likely in an attempt to cover their tracks. Shortly after the attack, Cheshire Monitors (which is linked to both the Stockport Monitors and the Cheshire Hunt Sabs) posted a photograph of an armed police officer on Facebook with the caption: “The Wynnstay were having a hard time with lots of anti's around. So they rang for armed police telling them that we had weapons. How desperately pathetic is that! A massive waste of police time too.”
BTM has been told that the Wynnstay Hunt is in contact with the police and will be supporting criminal proceedings against the saboteurs involved.
As the 2024/2025 hunting season draws to a close, this incident leaves supporters of trail hunting more fearful than ever. Despite numerous criminal convictions and support from the police, hunt saboteurs remain a real and present threat across the countryside. When will policymakers wake up and take action against these rural terrorists, rather than siding with them to outlaw a peaceful pastime?
