Twelve months jail for assault on police horse Bud
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A football game fan inwards U.K. who punched a law Equus caballus named Bud next a clash betwixt Newcastle together with Sunderland has been jailed for 12 months.
Barry Rogerson, 45, a Newcastle fan, had before admitted an offence of vehement disorder. He was also banned from assist whatever football game matches inwards U.K. for half dozen years.
Rogerson, of Hartlands, Bedlington, was charged subsequently law clashed with Newcastle fans inwards the metropolis subsequently the Tyne-Wear derby final April. Sunderland won the tally 3-0, its get-go win inwards Newcastle inwards xiii years.
Video footage was captured of law Equus caballus Bud, a Shire-cross who plant with the West Yorkshire Police mounted unit, beingness punched inwards the caput past times Rogerson, who wore a scarf over percentage of his face, every bit law worked to command the unruly crowd.
An officeholder on human foot at 1 time tackled Rogerson to the Blue Planet next the assault.
Rogerson, an unemployed mill worker, had previously denied the offence during his get-go courtroom appearance, simply changed his plea to guilty inwards September.
Rogerson was interviewed past times reporters inwards the days next the attack, at times inwards tears. He apologised, telling reporters: “I reacted stupidly. I did non become out to onset a horse.”
He described himself every bit an fauna lover.
“I am on medication together with had been drinking, simply that does non excuse what happened.”
Bud, a seven-year veteran of the force, escaped injury inwards the assault, simply was given the adjacent solar daytime off every bit a precaution.
The strength received hundreds of messages of back upwards for Bud.
Judge Paul Sloan, inwards sentencing Rogerson, said: “You attended the football game tally together with past times the fourth dimension it ended you lot were much the worse for drink.
“You had taken it inwards conjunction with prescription medicine knowing you lot should non induce got done so.
“The crowd surged frontwards on 2 occasions together with subsequently the get-go surge you lot walked with the horses clapping your hands inwards excitement or pleasance at the events.
‘A Equus caballus started to movement towards you lot together with you lot were told to movement dorsum … You stood your Blue Planet together with attacked the Equus caballus past times punching it inwards the head.”
The approximate said the mounted officeholder could easily induce got been seriously wound if he had been unseated inwards the incident.
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