kc100
Well-Known Member
Just had to share this story as my OH really couldnt care less about horses!
My mum rang me yesterday telling me about her friend's little girl (aged 14) who has recently got a new pony and went out hacking at the weekend. Her pony is kept at a yard close to her school, and she knew people that rode on the school field so she asked the school if she was ok to ride on the field, they said yes.
So off she goes with a friend out onto the school field with their ponies, a few minutes later some man appears running out of his back garden onto the field (his house backs onto the field) waving a leather belt around his head screaming at them to get off the field. Obviously ponies were spooked, the older of the 2 girls tried to keep her pony calm and reason with him asking him to calm down and leave them alone. He carries on chasing them, and the 14 year old girl's pony is hugely spooked - they get to a bank to come down off the field and the pony falls over, knees buckling from under him. Little girl falls off, pony's knees are bleeding and he is lame but she has to get back on to get away from this lunatic.
They make their way down the road back towards the yard when the man re-appears in their car, spinning it around doing donuts to block their path. He chases them up and down the road blocking their path until the older girl calls her dad. Her dad turned up after maniac had left, but managed to follow his car back to find out where he lived.
As a stroke of good luck the 14 year old's dad is a police inspector who normally works in London but was back up at home for the weekend. He went round to this man's house, without telling him he was a police inspector to talk to him as a father (bear in mind this man has 2 kids as well). He wouldnt back down and called the girls 'spoilt princesses' despite his own children attending the same private school and living in a very wealthy area. He said he'd contacted the police and had been taking pictures of his daughter, so at this point the police inspector took his badge out and informed him of his position in the police force. He then reeled of the crimes he had comitted - sexual offences on an underage teenager (Pictures were of his daughter, not of the horse or events), harassment, dangerous driving, criminal damage....the list went on and on.
Needless to say the man was a tad shocked, apparently he went whiter than anyone the police inspector had seen before! Pony is ok but obviously lots of vets bills and physio to follow the incident, the little girl is also ok - cuts and bruises, and badly shaken but nothing serious.
I just hope this maniac is brought to justice and has a criminal record as a very minimum, this is just appalling behaviour from a grown man. If he had such a problem with them being on the field then he should have spoken to the school or council, trying to attack an innocent 14 year old and her pony doesnt get you anywhere - apart from in trouble with a very senior police inspector!
My mum rang me yesterday telling me about her friend's little girl (aged 14) who has recently got a new pony and went out hacking at the weekend. Her pony is kept at a yard close to her school, and she knew people that rode on the school field so she asked the school if she was ok to ride on the field, they said yes.
So off she goes with a friend out onto the school field with their ponies, a few minutes later some man appears running out of his back garden onto the field (his house backs onto the field) waving a leather belt around his head screaming at them to get off the field. Obviously ponies were spooked, the older of the 2 girls tried to keep her pony calm and reason with him asking him to calm down and leave them alone. He carries on chasing them, and the 14 year old girl's pony is hugely spooked - they get to a bank to come down off the field and the pony falls over, knees buckling from under him. Little girl falls off, pony's knees are bleeding and he is lame but she has to get back on to get away from this lunatic.
They make their way down the road back towards the yard when the man re-appears in their car, spinning it around doing donuts to block their path. He chases them up and down the road blocking their path until the older girl calls her dad. Her dad turned up after maniac had left, but managed to follow his car back to find out where he lived.
As a stroke of good luck the 14 year old's dad is a police inspector who normally works in London but was back up at home for the weekend. He went round to this man's house, without telling him he was a police inspector to talk to him as a father (bear in mind this man has 2 kids as well). He wouldnt back down and called the girls 'spoilt princesses' despite his own children attending the same private school and living in a very wealthy area. He said he'd contacted the police and had been taking pictures of his daughter, so at this point the police inspector took his badge out and informed him of his position in the police force. He then reeled of the crimes he had comitted - sexual offences on an underage teenager (Pictures were of his daughter, not of the horse or events), harassment, dangerous driving, criminal damage....the list went on and on.
Needless to say the man was a tad shocked, apparently he went whiter than anyone the police inspector had seen before! Pony is ok but obviously lots of vets bills and physio to follow the incident, the little girl is also ok - cuts and bruises, and badly shaken but nothing serious.
I just hope this maniac is brought to justice and has a criminal record as a very minimum, this is just appalling behaviour from a grown man. If he had such a problem with them being on the field then he should have spoken to the school or council, trying to attack an innocent 14 year old and her pony doesnt get you anywhere - apart from in trouble with a very senior police inspector!
