Fuel and brake lines cut in horse box damage incident
Police in Cambridgeshire are investigating an incident where fuel pipes and brake cables were severed on two horse boxes.
Two Iveco lorries parked at Moats Way Equestrian Centre in Hemingford Abbotts were attacked by persons or animals unknown between 10 and 15 June.
Aislinn McKibbin, whose lorry was targeted, said: “It does not bear thinking about the damage, and potential loss of life, that may have occurred had this not been discovered.”
She said the police were investigating whether the damage could have caused by dogs or foxes, but had not ruled out criminal damage.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.