Horse rider charged with common assault following Whissendine incident

Police have charged a horse rider with one count of common assault following an incident in Whissendine earlier this year.

Sam Jones (34), of Cottesmore Road in Ashwell, is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Friday August 11.

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Police have brought charges

The charge relates to a report of a horse colliding with a woman aged in her 60s on February 11.

Jones, 34, has also been charged with one count of hunting a wild mammal with dogs under Section 1 of the Hunting Act, at Loddington on February 18.

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