Anti-hunt activists claimed yesterday that they filmed huntsmen trespassing on Sir Paul McCartney's deer sanctuary. The footage was taken by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS), which members claim shows the Quantock Staghounds on Sir Paul's estate in St John's Wood, near Bampton in Somerset. The hunters appear to chase a herd of deer across land owned by LACS, and then use two hounds to flush a stag out of St John's Wood.

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