An anti-vax protestor is alleged to have struck two police horses during a heated demonstration in Newcastle City Centre.
Alexander Warren was part of a rally outside the city's Civic Centre in August last year when he is accused of hitting one horse, called Patronus, on the rear and slapping another, named Penelope, in the face. Prosecutors said the 34-year-old threatened to knock Patronus out before assaulting her and told Penelope's rider to "get that f*****g horse out of my face" before lashing out again.
Warren, of Daryngton House, in Hartington, London, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates' Court earlier this year to deny two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Warren returned to the same court to face trial on Thursday.
