Jamie Gray found guilty of assaulting a police officer

Buckinghamshire horse trader James Gray has been found guilty of assaulting a police officer during an RSPCA operation to remove 111 equines from Spindle Farm, Amersham on 9 January.

Gray did not appear at Aylesbury Magistrates Court on 6 May but a police officer told the court that he had threatened to unleash a rottweiler dog on himself and an RSPCA officer and pushed him against the dog’s cage .

Gray is due at Wycombe Magistrates Court on 21 May to face four further charges which include failing to dispose of animal carcasses and giving false information when applying for a licence to transport animals.

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