An East Lothian businessman who terrorised two grey seal pups with a large wooden stick at a picturesque harbour has been ordered to pay a fine.

Richard Montgomery used an eight foot fence post to “prod and push” the vulnerable animals back into the sea at the harbour in North Berwick last year. Montgomery, 62, forced one of the seals to jump around 10 feet into the water and was said to have left the second young animal “screeching” and showing “clear signs of distress”.

The shocking incident was halted when office workers ran from their workplace to confront the man who quickly left the scene on his pushbike. The police were alerted and Montgomery - who runs a golf hospitality tour business - was arrested and charged and he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.

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