Actor Vinnie Jones has claimed that his Twitter was hacked, after a photo showing 100 dead foxes was shared from his account.
The since deleted Tweet, showed an image of the bodies of 100 dead foxes splayed out across the floor in the countryside, with the caption “a real night lamping foxes – anyone beat this? Old school red filter” – while also tagging the UK’s largest shooting organisation BASC, and Fields Sports TV.
‘Lamping’ is a term used for hunting wildlife at night by the light of lamps – something which Jones has admitted that he is a fan of.
Since then however, Jones has denied having anything to do with the photo – claiming that his account was hacked and that the original image was in fact taken in Australia in 2012.
I have just woke to see these tweets with fox pics , this is a hack ive never seen this pic in my life and did NOT twwet it is a HACK !!!!!
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) July 24, 2017
I am very sorry for the distress this HACKED picture has caused everyone i DONOT condone it in anyway
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) July 24, 2017
On going research has shown the picture was taken in australia AND loaded to the internet in australia more research to follow
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) July 24, 2017
@VinnieJones65 That Fox photo is from 2012 in Australia, when Victorian Govt introduced bounties for Foxes & Wild Dogs! Not Vinnie related!
— VeRO Watch™ Intellectual Property Enforcement!! (@verowatch) July 25, 2017
The former footballer turned ‘Lock, Stock’ and ‘Gone In 60 Seconds’ actor, has however regularly shared photos on Twitter of time spent hunting:
I knew it was a good spot 550am this morning but lost a greylag sitting on eggs to it pic.twitter.com/HZnWYEBY53
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) April 28, 2017
@BASCnews a great day building a high seat watch out #foxes pic.twitter.com/EPeJQR20lA
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) April 27, 2017
Out with my young mate frazer on the drilling for crows pic.twitter.com/hShQqo96Q0
— Vinnie Jones (@VinnieJones65) April 8, 2017
Speaking to Shooting UK earlier this year, Jones said: “I love pigeon shooting — building the hide, putting the decoys out.
“Lamping is probably my favourite. I’ve spent a lot of money on customising my Land Rover for lamping. If the farmer has a fox problem I love going out and dealing with it for him.”