An English farmer has been cleared of manslaughter following the death of a walker in a field of cattle.
Paul Waterfall had denied manslaughter by gross negligence after Roger Freeman was attacked as he walked with his wife on a footpath across the farmer’s land in 2010.
Prosecutors said a bull belonging to Mr Waterfall attacked and killed 63-year-old Mr Freeman and that the farmer had known the animal posed a “deadly risk”.
Mr Waterfall had denied knowing the bull was aggressive or that it posed a risk to members of the public.
A jury of eight men and four women took just over two and a half hours to find the 39-year-old dairy farmer not guilty following a four-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
