Man arrested for having sex with horse, he treats horse as girlfriend

Man arrested for having sex with horse, he treats horse as girlfriend

A man was caught sneaking into a stable block to have sex with a horse called Ruby, who he treated as his girlfriend.

The woman who owned the horse had become suspicious of George Smith.

One evening she sneaked into her stable block and found the 48-year-old, who had his own horses, standing on a wooden crate having sex with the mare.

Her partner grabbed Smith and they called the police.

At Leicester Magistrates’ Court today he was given a suspended jail sentence.

The court heard Ruby’s owner had suspicions about Smith, having previously spotted him coming out of her stable block with his shirt untucked and doing up his flies one day in 2016.

Sally Bedford, prosecuting, said Ruby’s owner had been leaving her stables in the Hinckley area on March 10 when she spotted Smith just sitting in his car at Burbage Common.

She said: “She left at 5pm and noticed the defendant sat in a layby.

“She later spoke to her partner and they both went back to the stables, suspecting something untoward was occurring.

“Inside, she saw the defendant stood behind her horse on a wooden crate, holding his t-shirt up and he had the mare’s tail in his hand and was pressing hard against the mare’s rear end.”

After Smith was arrested the police searched his static caravan in Hinckley Road, Sapcote, where they found 10 soiled nappies, women’s underpants and a teddy bear.

A statement from Ruby’s owner was read out in court.

In the statement she said she thought Smith had also abused another of her female horses.

She said:

“This incident has deeply disturbed me. Not only finding George in the stable but the implication it has had – I’m considering giving up the yard.

“I have a daughter who is the main rider of the animal.

“She’s now scared of going to the yard.

“Although she does not know the full facts she knows George has been arrested and she’s scared if we go to the stables George could be there and we could be in danger.”

The court heard that when the woman had mentioned to Smith she might sell Ruby, he replied: “You can’t sell Ruby. She’s my mate.”