Peter Marshall was spotted causing his terrier dog to enter setts at rural areas near Haddington and Gifford on repeated occasions between February and April last year. The wildlife camera recorded him as he allowed his dog to enter the setts and witnesses had seen him “hiding” behind a tree as his dog bothered the badgers on a separate occasion. The 77-year-old pleaded guilty to interfering with badgers setts by causing his dog to enter them with reckless disregard. The fiscal depute said the land owner had seen Marshall walking his dog in the woodland area and had become “alarmed” when the pensioner said his dog was “attracted to badger setts”. Witnesses had later seen Marshall, of High Street, Gifford, hiding behind a tree as his dog entered the badger sett and reported what they had seen on March 1 last year.