Pony ‘sexually assaulted and then hacked to death’
Four men have been arrested in connection with the alleged brutal killing of a pony on 9 May.
Police have arrested a 30-year-old and a 31-year-old from South Ockendon, Essex, plus two other men on suspicion of assisting an offender.
The alleged attack took place at Kemp Farm, in Stifford Hill, Stifford Clays.
It is thought the Shetland pony was sexually assaulted then hacked to death with a machete.
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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.