Sun applies to Gray trial judge for photos of dead horses to be released
The James Gray trial has been adjourned until Monday while district judge Andrew Vickers, sitting at Bicester Magistrates’ Court, considers an application from the Sun newspaper.
The paper has asked if photographs and video evidence shown in court during the case can be released to the public.
James Gray, 45, his wife Julie, 41, and daughter Cordelia, 20, all of Spindle Farm, Amersham, and daughter Jodie, 26, of Park Road, Ashford, Middlesex, all deny 10 counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, and two counts of neglecting an animal’s welfare.
A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, faces the same charges.
The case continues
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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.