A FORMER primary school teacher who was filmed slapping and kicking a horse has DENIED animal cruelty.
Sarah Moulds, 37, plead not guilty to grabbing the animal before slapping it repeatedly as it tried to pull away during a hunt last year in Lincolnshire.
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She was charged with two Animal Welfare offences after the RSPCA launched an investigation.
The mum-of-two today plead not guilty to causing grey pony Bruse unnecessary suffering during an appearance at Lincoln Crown Court.
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She also denied failing to take reasonable steps to protect the pony from pain, suffering or injury.
Moulds, who is well known in the equestrian community, was taking part in a Cottesmore Hunt meet on November 6 last year in countryside known as “The Drift” in Gunby.
Footage of the gathering was shared by Hertfordshire Hunt Saboteurs – an anti-hunting group – who monitored the event.
The mum lives with her plumber husband Daniel and children in the village of Somerby, Leicestershire, where she had worked as a teacher.
After anti-hunt saboteurs released the clip, she received death threats and was forced into hiding with her family.
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