A MAN accused of causing unnecessary suffering to horses was warned he faces being put on remand if he turns up late to court again without prior warning.
James Gray was told by Judge Andrew Vickers he will be held on breach of bail, after turning up late for court at Bicester today claiming he had suffered a puncture.
Judge Vickers warned the owner of Spindles Farm, Chalk Lane, Hyde Heath: “It is reasonable to expect you to start your journey here in the morning in good time, and to have your mobile fully charged.
“If you are late for court again without letting us know you run the risk of being held in breach of your bail.”
ANIMALS examined at a south Bucks farm suffered a “heavy lice infestation” and were unable to walk properly because of overgrown hooves, a court heard today.
Over a hundred horses, donkeys and ponies were seized from Spindles Farm in Chalk Lane, Hyde Heath, on January 9 last year following advice from vets.
They said there were problems with either their environment, diet, behaviour, need to be kept apart from or with other animals, or being free from injury and disease.
More than 20,000 horses could have suffered at the hands of the meat trader arrested amid grotesque scenes of animal suffering this week. Jamie Gray, 44, has been dealing in horses, ponies and donkeys for at least 25 years, according to sources close to the investigation, who yesterday described the scene at his farm as an “equine Belsen”.
Throughout much of that time, the RSPCA claims to have been looking at his case, concerned about the conditions of the animals destined for Continental dinner Over the last few days 111 creatures have been rescued from the smallholding Last night the charity was under fire for failing to act quickly enough to end the suffering of scores of creatures trapped in hellish conditions at Spindles Farm in Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire.
HORSE carcasses rot on a farm in shocking images shown to a court yesterday. Up to 24 bodies were filmed by the RSPCA, probing one of its “worst ever” cruelty cases.
Seven skulls were found. And more than 100 emaciated horses and donkeys were videoed still alive, allegedly penned in with carcasses at their feet, no food and a water trough with their own mess in it.
