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Egg thief first to get nesting season ASBO

ONE of Britain's most notorious egg thieves has become the first person to be served with an ASBO that bans him from coming to Scotland during the bird nesting season for the next 10 years.

notorious: Egg thief Matthew Gonshaw now has an ASBO.
notorious: Egg thief Matthew Gonshaw now has an ASBO.
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David Ross Highland Correspondent

The measure was imposed on Matthew Gonshaw, 49, of Bow, London yesterday at Stratford Magistrates' Court in London because of his repeated previous trips north to take eggs of species such as golden eagles and ospreys.