A man has been fined £15,000 after cows at his country estate attacked dog walkers - leaving one with serious injuries and another fearing for his life. Sir Charles Hobhouse, 60, admitted two health and safety failings on his land in Monkton Farleigh, Wilts.
A court heard dog walkers were trampled by the same herd of 17 cattle and 18 calves on two separate occasions in 2021. One incident - on June 5 of that year - left a woman with a fractured shoulder and suspected broken ribs, it was said.
Her husband - who said his military PTSD had been worsened by the incident - described a "frenzied and intense attack". And two months later the cattle cornered another dog walker who was left with snapped vertebrae and said he had genuine concerns he would be killed.
