CONVICTED (2009) | Ricky Jefferies, born 05/04/1979, previously of Edgeworth in Yate and as of 2020 of Stanshawe Crescent, Yate, Bristol BS37 4EW – kicked a hedgehog repeatedly in the street The court heard that Jefferies kicked the hedgehog after discovering his fiancee of seven years was having an affair with his best friend. Police saw Jefferies run towards the hedgehog and kick her six or seven metres, then kick her again. Jefferies admitted inflicting unnecessary suffering to a wild animal when he appeared before North Avon magistrates on 02/07/2009. He was fined £140, ordered to pay £55 court costs and £15 towards the Victim Support Fund. The fate of the hedgehog is not known. North West Hunt Saboteurs Update 2020 Jefferies went on to marry the woman whose infidelity, he said, caused him to attack a defenceless hedgehog. They have three children together.