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Crown Prosecution Service lets rider off after mowing down saboteur
Outrage as prosecution is dropped despite serious injury to victim

Thousands were left fuming with the Crown Prosecution Court’s decision not to prosecute a huntsman after he charged down a saboteur leaving her with life-threatening injuries.

Nid, a hunt saboteur who declined to share her full name for fear of reprisals, was left with seven broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a shoulder injury when Mark Doggrell’s horse mowed her down.

Despite footage that showed Blackmoor and Sparkford Vale Hunt member not even slowing down when riding past anti-hunt protesters, the case was dropped.

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