This photograph shows the aftermath of a viscious attack by members of the Cotswold Vale Hunt on a woman in her 60’s.
As we reported back in March, the attack took place when the Woman and her Son took issue with the Hunt tresspassing on their land. A group of twelve men responded by attacking her Son, and turned their attack on her when she tried to help him, resulting in the injury seen in the photograph below.
Victim of Hunt Trespass and Violence
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