A 19-year-old Huddersfield man has admitted attempting to allow sexual penetration by a living animal involving a Shetland pony named Cheeky at a Yorkshire farm. Thomas Mikaelson pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court on 30 September and is due to be sentenced on 17 November. He remains on bail and was warned that custody is a possible outcome.
The case concerns Gledhill Farm in Almondbury, Huddersfield, where the incident took place on 24 August 2025, and the court heard that it had caused 'distress' at the farm. Judge Simon Phillips KC ordered a pre-sentence report from the Probation Service, which will consider Mikaelson's circumstances and any potential future risk, but he warned that the adjournment should not be interpreted as an indication of the eventual outcome.
