15-year ban for owner who failed to notice horse’s ‘extreme’ injury

The owner of a horse found with tangled in fencing with an untreated wound crawling with maggots has been banned from keeping equines for 15 years.

Emma Shirley Myers, of Southfields, Frome, appeared before Yeovil magistrates on 16 March.

The 35-year-old had previously admitted charges relating to Boycie and Jasper; two horses kept in Shepton Mallet.

The court heard RSPCA inspector Marie Griffiths visited the site after the charity was alerted by a member of the public.

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Article written by: Eleanor Jones