A farrier who hit a horse 9 instances with a hammer in a “barbaric attack” has misplaced his enchantment in opposition to his sentence.
H&H reported in March that Scott Manson, 34, had been sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court, having pleaded responsible to animal cruelty. Manson, of Whitecross Cottages, Bridstow, Ross on Wye, was given a 12-week suspended jail sentence and a 10-year animal ban, together with working with animals.
He appealed his sentence, particularly the all-animal disqualification, and this was dismissed by Gloucester Crown Court on August 18.
The crown court docket heard particulars of the incident that Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court had heard in March; that on 1 April 2022, Manson misplaced his mood whereas shoeing a consumer’s horse, Buddy, and hit him repeatedly together with his hammer. Manson hit the horse, who was tied up, 9 instances in an assault lasting six and a half minutes.
At the time, an RSPCA spokesman stated Manson initially claimed the horse had damaged his hammer in a message despatched to the proprietor, who checked the yard CCTV.
“The footage showed Manson adopting an aggressive stance, and striking out with his hammer in his hand at the horse’s front legs,” stated the spokesman.
“Upon checking the horse, the owner could see his right front leg was bigger than usual and there were various marks on both front legs and around the shin area. The hair had also been taken off and the shin exposed.”
Solicitor Lindi Meyer, who represented the RSPCA within the magistrates’ court docket, associated what the specialist equine vet had concluded.
“[Manson] repeatedly beat the horse around the forelimbs where there is very little in the way of soft tissue covering and as such the blows were almost directly to the bone,” she stated. “This would have been extremely painful for the horse and the farrier may be very lucky to not have brought about fractures of any of the limbs.
“The horse was hit nine times viciously in a six-and-a-half-minute video attack which left it with soft tissue swellings and cuts to the limbs. The attack was unprovoked, unacceptable and completely unnecessary and has caused this horse to suffer from both physical and psychological harm.”
Ms Meyer added: “At no level was the farrier attempting to show the horse to face nonetheless, choose its toes up or every other motion. The actions had been merely to beat the horse out of anger, a brief mood, or frustration.
“Whatever the reason, the actions were so barbaric and cruel that the farrier broke the head off a hammer on to the sensitive areas of the front limbs of the horse.”
In mitigation it was stated Manson was remorseful, and that he was confused and visiting his dying mom in Scotland twice per week on the time.
The court docket additionally heard that Manson had as soon as thrown a canine out of a automobile window; the canine fractured its pelvis and needed to be put down, which Manson described as an “unfortunate accident”. And he was convicted of harassing his former companion in 2019 and sentenced to a 24-week jail time period, suspended for twenty-four months.
The ban was upheld and Manson was ordered to pay an extra £300 prices.
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“The dog suffered a fracture of the pelvis and subsequently died; Mr Manson described the incident as an unfortunate accident”
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