A LANDOWNER has been cleared of running over some harrier hounds in a lane and reversing at speed at some of the hunt's horse riders.
Jonathon Wright-Watson, aged 55, has also been acquitted by a jury of attacking a foot follower by grabbing him by his neck and pulling him down an embankment.
He told Plymouth Crown Court that about 15 dogs in a "frenzy" had run on to his property – menacing his own dog and cornering his cats.
The artists and sculptor admitted picking up one of the hounds...
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