When Lincolnshire Police Wildlife Crime Officer PC Nigel Lound invited the RSPB on a police egg collecting operation back in November 2006, little did anyone realise what it would lead to.

The suspect, 41-year-old Richard Pearson, was not on the wildlife crime 'radar' and had not been in trouble with the Police before.

However, the intelligence received was precise and detailed.

We arrived at the address, in a quiet…