A Deer-stalking expedition that went tragically wrong when one of two men fell into a river gorge and died was the subject of a prosecution in the Dunedin District Court yesterday.
Before Judge Michael Turner on a Wild Animal Control Act charge was Craig Alastair Harris (45), of Dunedin.
He admitted unlawfully hunting on a South Canterbury farm property a year ago.
The defendant and fellow hunter Murray Edge were legitimately hunting on a Limestone Valley Rd farm near Albury, inland from Timaru, on April 19 last year, Sergeant Kate Saxton told the court.
But after dark, the two men decided to cross the Tengawai River to a neighbouring farm. They did not have any authority from the owner to be on his property.