Gray faces charges of failing to dispose of horse carcasses properly
James Gray is due to be tried in High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court today on five trading standards charges, including failing to dispose of dead horses correctly.
Gray, 45, of Spindle Farm, Hyde Heath, Buckinghamshire, faces three charges of failing to disclose a criminal record when applying for a licence to transport animals and two counts of failing to dispose of animal carcasses in the proper manner.
The charges are being brought by Buckinghamshire Trading Standards.
Gray pleaded not guilty to all five charges on 21 May last year.
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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.