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@MALINFEZEHAIA huntswoman accused of kicking and
slapping a horse has been suspended
from her teaching job and has left her
home after receiving death threats,
neighbours have said.
Sarah Moulds has also been removed
from her position as a volunteer at her
local pony club after video of the inci-
dent at the Cottesmore Hunt was
watched more than three million times.
The RSPCA is investigating and yes-
terday left a card at her home in Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire, asking the
mother-of-two to “get in touch ASAP”.
A man believed to be her husband,
Daniel, said: “We have taken some legal
advice.”
Sources close to the Cottes-
more Hunt say Moulds, 37,
had become anxious
after the horse failed to
respond to commands
and had “gone off
with her daughter”.
The recording
posted on social me-
dia by Hertfordshire
Hunt Saboteurs, a
campaign group,
shows a girl appearing
to lose control of a horse
while leading it into a horse
The video has been seen
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to teacher accused
of attacking horse
box. A woman grabs its tether before
kicking it and slapping its head at least
four times before leading it into the box.
Yesterday Moulds was suspended
from her teaching job at Somerby pri-
mary school, having left her class early
on Monday when she was identified.
Mowbray Education Trust, which
runs the school, said: “We can confirm
that a member of staff has been sus-
pended pending formal investigations.”
One of Moulds’s neighbours told
MailOnline: “She’s had to go away after
receiving death threats and loads of vile
abuse. It’s awful and has got very much
out of hand. She fears for her life.
“She has young children and she is
worried about them... she’s well known
and respected in equestrian circles and
her social media was bombard-
ed with comments.”
Moulds was a team
leader at the Cottes-
more branch of the
Pony Club and orga-
niser of its junior
camp. The club said
it was aware of the
video and that
Moulds had been re-
moved from her role.David Brown
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Asser Malik, general manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s High Performance
Centre, in Birmingham. The Nobel peace prize winner, who was shot by the
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of shamed
charity boss
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Jonathan Ames Legal EditorThe head of an animal charity that was
lambasted by a judge for bringing unfair
private prosecutions changed his name
after being convicted of criminal offen-
ces, The Times can reveal.
Lawyers involved in a case brought in
September by Animal Protection Ser-
vices, which is run by Jacob Lloyd,
claimed that the charity and its lawyers,
Parry & Welch, have made hundreds of
thousands of pounds from public funds
by bringing private prosecutions
against animal breeders.
That case collapsed after lawyers for
the defendant convinced the judge that
the private prosecution was “an affront
to the criminal justice system”.
It preceded a ruling last week at Man-
chester crown court, where Judge
Nicholas Dean QC accused the charity
and Parry & Welch, known as Paws, of
pursuing a private prosecution that had
“no evidential basis” and for “wholly
improper reasons”.
Lloyd and James Parry, a partner at
Paws have denied any wrongdoing.
Lloyd has acknowledged that he
changed his name from Jake Knight
after being convicted of more than one
offence. He said that he did not do so as
a result of convictions, but “for my own
reasons”.
Lloyd said the convictions were
related to “rescuing animals years ago”.