Police appeal for witnesses after a horse is stolen in Hertfordshire
Police are appealing for witnesses after a horse was stolen from a field in St Albans, Hertfordshire on Thursday 22 May.
The 14.1hh bay gelding was taken from a field on Cherry Hill between midnight and 1am and has the freeze-mark 352U on its withers.
Investigating officer Jackie Garnett said: “The theft of this horse has caused its owner much distress and I am asking for the public’s assistance in helping to trace the person responsible and to reunite the horse with its owner.”
If anyone has any information contact the police, tel: 0845 3300222.
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