Some sick people around
'Pervert is having sex with my horse'
By Jess Bauldry
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A horse owner has complained her mare is being abused by a late-night sex pest.
Sue Smith, 55, has gathered evidence over a year suggesting someone is having sex with 11-year-old Izzy when no one is around.
She said: "She's such a genuine horse and so kind. For this to be happening to her is just so unfair. It makes you feel physically sick and want to commit murder."
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The mother-of-two, from Telscombe Cliffs, first began to suspect something was wrong in October last year when she discovered tack and other equipment had been moved around at the stables where Izzy was kept at Race Hill, Brighton.
She said: "Through the winter we noticed things were moving around the stable and things were happening.
"We discovered head collars out of place and then we were finding marks where back legs had been tied together.
"It turned out someone was tying her up. It went on like this with various bits and pieces happening."
Mrs Smith said the incidents stopped in the winter only to begin again in July this year when she discovered a mounting block left out and tack tied to the wall.
The Irish Cob was moved to a field during the summer but, despite efforts to hide all tack and equipment, Mrs Smith said she continued to find evidence of the abuse up until this week.
She said: "I walked along on Sunday and found another head collar tied to a tree. Now Izzy is bleeding from her personal area. We're waiting for the vet to find out if there is any damage further down."
Mrs Smith, who shares the field with a friend, said she had contacted the police and the RSPCA. They told her without hard evidence they could not investigate but advised her to keep a diary of incidents.
She said: "I don't know who to go to. I've been up at that field for 35 years but I've never come across anything like this before.
"It makes you so angry. You don't think anyone could be this sick. But there's something going on and all signs point to somebody abusing her.
"I've spread the word but it seems nothing is happening to anyone else. There are horses all the way along the field but it just seems to be Izzy who is getting singled out.
"I could sit out there and wait for him but it's never regular. You could be up there a week and nothing would happen.
"But the day you're not there it would happen."
In November 2000, a horse was left with deep cuts to its face and rear end on a farm in Kingsfold, near Horsham, after it was attacked with a knife.
RSPCA spokeswoman Katy Geary said: "In cases like this it is often difficult to catch the culprits as they have gone before the owners realise there are any problems.
"Thankfully these types of events are extremely rare but every one is one too many.
"All we can advise is for people in the area to keep vigilant and to report anything suspicious to either ourselves on 0300 1234 999 or to the police."
12:17pm today
'Pervert is having sex with my horse'
By Jess Bauldry
Comment
A horse owner has complained her mare is being abused by a late-night sex pest.
Sue Smith, 55, has gathered evidence over a year suggesting someone is having sex with 11-year-old Izzy when no one is around.
She said: "She's such a genuine horse and so kind. For this to be happening to her is just so unfair. It makes you feel physically sick and want to commit murder."
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The mother-of-two, from Telscombe Cliffs, first began to suspect something was wrong in October last year when she discovered tack and other equipment had been moved around at the stables where Izzy was kept at Race Hill, Brighton.
She said: "Through the winter we noticed things were moving around the stable and things were happening.
"We discovered head collars out of place and then we were finding marks where back legs had been tied together.
"It turned out someone was tying her up. It went on like this with various bits and pieces happening."
Mrs Smith said the incidents stopped in the winter only to begin again in July this year when she discovered a mounting block left out and tack tied to the wall.
The Irish Cob was moved to a field during the summer but, despite efforts to hide all tack and equipment, Mrs Smith said she continued to find evidence of the abuse up until this week.
She said: "I walked along on Sunday and found another head collar tied to a tree. Now Izzy is bleeding from her personal area. We're waiting for the vet to find out if there is any damage further down."
Mrs Smith, who shares the field with a friend, said she had contacted the police and the RSPCA. They told her without hard evidence they could not investigate but advised her to keep a diary of incidents.
She said: "I don't know who to go to. I've been up at that field for 35 years but I've never come across anything like this before.
"It makes you so angry. You don't think anyone could be this sick. But there's something going on and all signs point to somebody abusing her.
"I've spread the word but it seems nothing is happening to anyone else. There are horses all the way along the field but it just seems to be Izzy who is getting singled out.
"I could sit out there and wait for him but it's never regular. You could be up there a week and nothing would happen.
"But the day you're not there it would happen."
In November 2000, a horse was left with deep cuts to its face and rear end on a farm in Kingsfold, near Horsham, after it was attacked with a knife.
RSPCA spokeswoman Katy Geary said: "In cases like this it is often difficult to catch the culprits as they have gone before the owners realise there are any problems.
"Thankfully these types of events are extremely rare but every one is one too many.
"All we can advise is for people in the area to keep vigilant and to report anything suspicious to either ourselves on 0300 1234 999 or to the police."
12:17pm today
