James Gray under arrest after two weeks on the run
James Gray has been arrested after being on the run for the past two weeks.
Police arrested horse trader Gray this morning (Wednesday 26 May) at 10.35am on the northbound M5 near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire during a random spot check.
Gray absconded from court as he and his family were hearing their appeal against sentence on Wednesday 12 May.
He was sentenced in his absence to six-months in prison for cruelty to more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys.
Gray is due to appear in court at 10am at Aylesbury Crown Court tomorrow (Thursday 27 May).
See tomorrow’s (27 May) issue of H&H for a special Spindles Farm investigation
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.